In response to recent child sex abuse cases in Alabama, state lawmakers are advocating for legislation that would extend the ...

Alabama lawmakers are holding a news conference to propose extending the death penalty to individuals convicting of sexually ...

No state has used nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence. In 2018, Alabama became the third state — along with Oklahoma and Mississippi — to authorize the use of nitrogen gas to ...

Why states are turning to execution methods like firing squads and nitrogen gas Several executions are expected to take place in the United States this week, with two scheduled Tuesday and one ...

The Alabama attorney general’s office says using nitrogen gas is "painless" and "human," but some doctors and critics are raising doubts.

The state of Alabama has executed Gregory Hunt by nitrogen hypoxia for the 1988 murder of Karen Lane. A doctor pronounced Hunt to dead at 6:26 p.m. June 10.

Roberts will be executed by nitrogen hypoxia for the capital murder of Annetra Jones. Ivey said she does not plan to grant clemency in Roberts' case. Roberts killed Jones on April 22, 1992.

The state of Alabama has executed Gregory Hunt by nitrogen hypoxia for the 1988 murder of Karen Lane. A doctor pronounced Hunt to dead at 6:26 p.m. June 10.

ATMORE, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Corrections executed Kenneth Smith late yesterday evening by nitrogen hypoxia, the first time in U.S. history that a state has used nitrogen gas to execute a ...