A bill introduced in early 2026 would've authorized executions by suffocation via nitrogen gas.

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, ...

Anthony Boyd, 54, has been executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama for his role in the 1993 murder of Gregory Huguley, who was burned alive over a $200 cocaine debt. He was pronounced dead at 6.33pm on ...

Before Alan Miller became the nation’s second-ever person to be executed by nitrogen gas, men living on Alabama’s main death row met to discuss how to stay calm. That’s according to Esther Brown, the ...

Rev. Jeff Hood wears a mask similar to those used in nitrogen gas executions in Louisiana and Alabama. Credit: Arielle Robinson Several activists who oppose the death penalty gathered at the chapel ...

Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday. Anthony Boyd, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. at ...

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 used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has ...

ANGOLA, La. -- 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 ...