According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, an inmate is dead following an assault at Donaldson Correctional Facility ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state had developed a protocol for executing people with nitrogen gas, allowing it ...

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.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has implemented protocol to carry out death sentences using nitrogen gas.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday, February 10, that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has ...

It is unacceptable that a company in our state would violate the wishes of its neighbors and help carry out executions for other jurisdictions,” said one legislative champion.

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

Louisiana has approved a protocol for executions by nitrogen hypoxia, which will allow death sentences to be carried out ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier's final meal was a popular takeaway choice, after spending three decades in prison.