The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Alabama inmate, who officials say is scheduled to die in October by nitrogen hypoxia, is pushing for execution by firing squad, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama plans to carry out its fourth execution of 2025 Thursday evening, putting Geoffrey Todd West to death by nitrogen gas ...

Alabama executed a death row prisoner Thursday using nitrogen gas, becoming the first state in the U.S. to use the gas in an execution, despite concerns about the untested method. Kenneth Smith, 58, ...

Ohio's Republican Attorney General, Dave Yost, is backing a legislative effort to introduce nitrogen gas executions. The proposed Ohio bill would offer inmates a choice between lethal injection and ...

Alabama death row prisoner Kenneth Smith may only have days to live. Perhaps in anticipation of his execution, it has been reported that he is "sick in his stomach" and has been vomiting most days. He ...

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court’s three liberal justices criticized Thursday the majority’s decision to allow the nation’s first execution of a death row inmate with nitrogen gas, saying Alabama’s ...

Ohio lawmakers are looking to use nitrogen gas executions to end a long-standing pause on executions nearly a week after Alabama used the method on an inmate. The legislation - introduced by ...

Louisiana is scheduled to use nitrogen gas in an execution for the first time tonight. Here's what to know ahead of the expected execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr., age 46. Louisiana state law requires ...

Louisiana used nitrogen gas to put a man to death Tuesday evening for a killing decades ago, marking the first time the state has used the method as it resumed executions after a 15-year hiatus.

Alabama has scheduled a date for the upcoming execution of Alan Eugene Miller, a convicted murderer who, after surviving a previous execution attempt, is set to become the second inmate ever put to ...