The following was written by University of Nebraska Extension specialists Javed Iqbal, Aaron Nygren, Nicolás Cafaro La Menza, ...

But in a scathing dissent, Justice Jennifer Brunner said the nitrogen gas fell within the definition of “poison” when it displaced oxygen in the room to a toxic level, causing Ray “to die ...

Caroline Tillman/The Federal Public Defender's Office for the Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana Louisiana has executed a convicted murderer using nitrogen gas, a first in the state's ...

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed House Bill 1489 on Tuesday, making Arkansas the fifth state to permit executions by use of nitrogen gas. The signing of this legislation coincides with ...

A Louisiana death row inmate on Tuesday was executed with nitrogen gas, a method that has never been used before in the state. "Louisiana has successfully used nitrogen hypoxia to carry out the ...

He had kidnapped her in New Orleans after she got off work. Hoffman has been arguing that he shouldn't be executed by nitrogen gas because it violates his religious freedoms. Molly Elliott's ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening ... Some passed out prayer cards with photos of a smiling Hoffman and planned a Buddhist reading and “Meditation for Peace.” ...

The US state of Louisiana is set to carry out its first execution in 15 years using nitrogen gas, a method that is banned under the state’s own laws for euthanizing cats and dogs. Unless the US ...

When Louisiana carries out the execution of Jessie Hoffman on March 18, he will be strapped to a gurney, fitted with a gas mask and forced to breathe in nitrogen gas until his heart stops.

Joshua Rhett Miller is a Newsweek chief investigative reporter based in New York. His areas of focus include U.S. politics, immigration and society, as well as crime, education and technology.

Many of their loved ones, she said, were killed using gas. Today, Lewis is a member of the Jews Against Gassing Coalition, a New Orleans-area group decrying the state’s efforts to use nitrogen ...