Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted a death sentence for the first time in her tenure Friday, sparing inmate Robin Dion "Rocky" Myers. The Alabama Supreme Court had cleared the way for Myers to ...

Louisiana's nitrogen gas execution protocol hasn't been released to the public. "It relates to the most solemn … government ...

A court battle is gearing up over whether Louisiana’s execution protocol is a public record, in a case that could decide ...

South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in the U.S. in nearly 15 years.

House Bill 1489 would expand Arkansas' execution alternatives to lethal injection which, as of now, includes the electric ...

The US state of Alabama is now using nitrogen inhalation to kill death row inmates. The prisoner must inhale pure nitrogen, ...

From introducing an act to generate more jobs, and a bill aiming to allow nitrogen hypoxia executions, it has been another busy week at the Arkansas State Capitol.

A newly proposed bill that would allow the use of nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution in Arkansas has officially passed the House Judiciary Committee.

The first person to be executed in America by way of nitrogen gas was Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, just over a year ago. Witnesses said Smith writhed and seized for several torturous minutes ...

Jeff Landry established protocols to use nitrogen gas to execute people sentenced to death. Judges have set execution dates for at least two people on death row in Louisiana. Greg LaRose ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A bill filed in Arkansas legislature Friday would allow the use of nitrogen gas in methods of executions if it becomes law. House Bill 1489 states that the Division of ...