Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal injection in 2022, is scheduled to be ...

Louisiana is planning to carry out its first execution in 15 years using a highly contested nitrogen gassing method that it doesn’t even permit to be used against dying cats and dogs under state law.

Federal district judge Shelly Dick was absolutely right on March 11 to delay the intended March 18 execution of convicted murderer Jessie Hoffman Jr. Hoffman has made a compelling argument that courts ...