# nitrogen gas execution

Jeff Landry supports death penalty by nitrogen gas. Here's how an eyewitness described it. » Gov. Jeff Landry and Republican lawmakers want to restart executions using nitrogen gas, a method untested save for a first-of-its-kind execution in Alabama last month. Nola.com

Months after nation’s 1st nitrogen gas execution, Alabama gives man lethal injection for 2 killings » Mills was convicted of capital murder in the 2004 killings of Floyd Hill, 87, and his 72-year-old wife, Vera Hill. Wsaz.com

Methods of Execution » The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

What is nitrogen hypoxia? Alabama's Kenneth Smith execution proceeds with unprecedented, controversial method » A death row inmate in Alabama was executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It marked the first U.S. execution carried out this way. Cbsnews.com

An Insider's Narrative of the Carceral State | Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute » An Insider's Narrative of the Carceral State - Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute Humanrights.fhi.duke.edu

Republican-backed bill would add nitrogen gas to Ohio's execution protocol » The bill's introduction comes just days after the state of Alabama used nitrogen gas to execute 58-year-old Kenneth Smith—becoming the first state to do so. Statenews.org

Alabama man shook violently on gurney during first-ever nitrogen gas execution » The execution took about 22 minutes between the opening and closing of the curtains to the viewing room. Pressherald.com

Louisiana might remove nitrogen gas as an execution option • Louisiana Illuminator » A Louisiana Senate committee advanced a bill that would remove nitrogen gas asphyxiation from the approved list of execution methods. Lailluminator.com

Use of Nitrogen Hypoxia for Alabama Executions Could Endanger Spiritual Advisors and Prison Staff in the Execution Chamber » The Death Penalty Information Center is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information about capital punishment.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Louisiana approved death penalty by gassing. Lawmakers just took a first vote to remove it. » A Louisiana Senate Committee voted Tuesday to strike nitrogen gas suffocation from the state's list of approved execution methods, reversing one of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry's tough-on-crime priorities. Nola.com