Todd Wessinger argues that killing him using Louisiana’s newest method of execution, nitrogen gas, would be unconstitutional ...

A Louisiana death row inmate filed a lawsuit against Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials, stating that the ...

Todd Wessinger, who was convicted for the 1995 killings of two people at Calendar's Restaurant on Perkins Road, filed a lawsuit to prevent the state from killing him with nitrogen gas, arguing it’s ...

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring it violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge Emily Marks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters gather outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution. / Credit: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against nitrogen gas as an execution method. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI June 12 (UPI) -- The ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to overturn a lower court ruling that barred Alabama from using nitrogen gas to carry out the execution of a death row inmate who was convicted in 1998 for ...

On Monday, Jeffery Lee’s attorneys said Alabama shouldn’t be allowed to execute him via lethal injection as a backup plan ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that execution by nitrogen gas does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s claim ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday night as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and ...