Companion animal euthanizations used to employ nitrogen hypoxia; however, after years of advocacy, all but two states have discontinued the practice either voluntarily or through legislation. The ...

The protocol says that Louisiana prison officials will strap the death row inmate to a gurney ahead of his execution and ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman said he has leaned on what he's learned through Buddhism to help him improve his life, ...

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, stopping the state from immediately moving ...

The protocol says that Louisiana prison officials will strap the death row inmate to a gurney ahead of his execution and bring them to the execution chamber ... hypoxia system. Then they'll place ...

When a conservative columnist says execution by the administration of pure nitrogen gas is a “cruel and unusual punishment,” ...

SPIRITUAL ADVISORS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED IN THE EXECUTION CHAMBERS ... THAT WHEN THEY PUT THE MASK ON HIM, THAT THAT MASK WASN’T GOING TO HAVE OXYGEN TO KEEP HIM ALIVE.

"Now, after an expedited hearing, and absent a fully developed record, this Court must answer the ultimate question: is nitrogen hypoxia ... chamber at Angola with exhaust fans and oxygen monitors ...

Louisiana officials had planned to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first ... gas is not administered in a chamber but – in Alabama and Louisiana – through a mask worn by the inmate, said Deborah ...