Attorneys argued that nitrogen gas executions are "cruel and unusual punishment," noting that veterinarians have banned them ...

A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections ...

The use of nitrogen gas is considered too barbaric and inhumane for euthanizing dogs and cats, according to veterinarians, and has been banned in all but two states. But, on March 18, Louisiana ...

Jessie Hoffman is scheduled to be the first person Louisiana puts to death using nitrogen gas. “Knowing the day he’s going to ...

The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing ...

No one spoke in favor of the bill, while multiple legislators and Arkansans spoke against it. It passed anyway.

The bill would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of alternatives to lethal injection available, alongside the electric chair.

The latest lawsuit, filed in Louisiana's Middle District Court, says the state has refused to release the execution protocol to Hoffman, depriving him of his rights. It also alleges executing Hoffman ...

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why Governor Landry established protocols to use nitrogen gas to carry out the death ...

A bill that would allow nitrogen gas to be used in state executions was endorsed Thursday by an Arkansas House of ...

Jessie Hoffman, the death row inmate who could be the first man Louisiana puts to death by nitrogen gas, filed a new lawsuit late Tuesday seeking to stop his March 18 execution. The suit ...