In a controversial decision, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that nitrogen gas does not fall under the definition of being a poison.This is despite a finding in the case that a man died from ...

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 ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. On May 7, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled in a 6-1 decision that “nitrogen gas is not ‘toxic’ and is not a ‘poison’ as those terms ...

Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward next week after a federal appeals court vacated a preliminary injunction on Friday. Jessie Hoffman Jr, 46, is scheduled to be ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has halted Louisiana’s first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was ...

Governor Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state has approved a new method to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas. This decision comes after the Louisiana Legislature passed a law ...

Jeff Wardlaw (R-Hermitage) and Sen. Blake Johnson (R-Corning) and co-sponsored by 64 other Republicans, HB1489 would add nitrogen gas to the list of approved methods of execution under Arkansas law.

Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method. The attorney general’s ...