Alabama executed murderer and rapist Demetrius Terrance Frazier by nitrogen gas at 6 p.m. Thursday. He was convicted in the ...

Frazier was convicted of capital murder for breaking into a Birmingham woman's apartment, stealing cash, raping her at ...

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

Louisiana has adopted nitrogen hypoxia as a new execution method, following Alabama’s lead. Gov. Landry says it’s time for ...

Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier for the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown two days before Thanksgiving.

Louisiana is set to resume executions after a 15-year pause, utilizing the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. The ...

Alabama used the method again in September with the execution of Alan Eugene Miller and in November with the execution of ...

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.

Feb. 6 (UPI) --Alabama executed Demetrius Terrence Frazier by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday evening. Frazier, 52, was the first person executed in Alabama this year following his conviction in the ...

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

Demetrius Terrence Frazier was executed by nitrogen gas hypoxia in Alabama for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown. Frazier was the fourth inmate to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia, a method that has ...