Louisiana's first planned execution by nitrogen gas – scheduled to take place next week – has been halted by a federal judge.

Kenneth Smith, 58, became the first American to be executed by nitrogen gas. The Alabama attorney general said Friday that nitrogen gas is now a "proven" method of execution and that he believes more ...

Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year. But a spiritual adviser to death row inmates told CBS News he ...

Climate change also alters nitrogen in soils and plants, shaping food quality, water safety, and pollution risks worldwide.

Alabama's governor has set a Nov. 21 execution date for what is scheduled to be the nation's third death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas. Gov. Kay Ivey set the execution date for Carey Dale ...

On Jan. 25, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) plans to execute Kenneth Smith by forcing him to breathe pure nitrogen gas, an untested execution method with profound legal and ethical ...

When it comes to administering the death penalty, perhaps the most intractable difficulty is that it’s just really, really difficult to kill someone in a way that isn’t cruel or unusual or messy or ...

Alabama can proceed with its plan to conduct the first execution in the U.S. with nitrogen gas after a federal appeals court wasn't convinced Wednesday that the method violates the constitutional ban ...

The science pros at TKOR explain what happens to a balloon filled with nitrogen gas.