Louisiana is poised to resume executions – including via nitrogen gas – after a 15-year pause, the state's Republican ...

The Louisiana Legislature approved the use of nitrogen gas executions last year, following Alabama's implementation of the ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

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

A DeSoto Parish man who’s been on death row for more than three decades could be the first person put to death after a ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state had developed a protocol for executing people with nitrogen gas, allowing it ...

If nitrogen hypoxia is used, an inmate breathes 100 percent nitrogen, which causes suffocation. Louisiana is one of four states that have approved it for executions.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

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