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

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.

Demetrius Frazer is set to die by nitrogen gas for the murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama in 1991. Alabama has used nitrogen gas on three other inmates in the past year.

A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., saying the inmate had not proven his claims that the new method is unconstitutionally cruel ...

Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and effective manner.

Frazier, 52, is set to die by nitrogen gas for the murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama, on Nov. 26, 1991. If the execution moves forward, Frazier will be the first inmate ...