Before Thursday, no execution had ever been carried out in the U.S. using the method, and experts have repeatedly warned that nitrogen toxicity may cause the condemned person to suffer unnecessarily ...

Jessie Hoffman's execution was cleared by a federal appeals court that vacated a preliminary injunction by a lower court.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A filing in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Tuesday shows 10 inmates on Arkansas’ Death Row are suing to block the state’s use of nitrogen gas for executions. The lawsuit questions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scotty Gardner wants out of “his cave” at the Varner SuperMax Prison south of Grady, Arkansas. In messages with USA TODAY, he ...

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A conservative anti-death penalty group is calling on Arkansas to forgo executions, citing concerns about a new form of capital punishment that critics describe as cruel. Known as nitrogen hypoxia, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group of ten prisoners on Arkansas's death row have filed a lawsuit claiming the new law allowing nitrogen gas for executions is unconstitutional. Attorneys representing the ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation’s sixth execution by nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt, 65, was pronounced dead at 6:26 ...

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man convicted of killing a woman in 1988 was put to death Tuesday evening in the nation’s sixth execution by nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt, 65, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m.