Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.

Alabama executed murderer and rapist Demetrius Terrance Frazier by nitrogen gas at 6 p.m. Thursday. He was convicted in the ...

Louisiana is set to resume executions after a 15-year pause, utilizing the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. The ...

The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing ...

Frazier was convicted of capital murder for breaking into a Birmingham woman's apartment, stealing cash, raping her at ...

With nitrogen hypoxia is used, the inmate breathes pure nitrogen through a mask that displaces oxygen in their system.

That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the ...

The method involves placing a respirator gas mask over the face to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing death by lack of oxygen. Frazier’s lawyers pointed to descriptions of ...

Nitrogen hypoxia is an execution method in which the inmate breathes in pure nitrogen gas through a mask, which displaces all ...