Louisiana is poised to resume executions – including via nitrogen gas – after a 15-year pause, the state's Republican governor announced this week.

Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Monday, February 10, that the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows

Louisiana is set to resume executions after a 15-year pause, utilizing the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. The state's updated execution protocol was released on Monday by the office of Governor Jeff Landry,

Louisiana plans to begin executing people on death row using nitrogen gas, Gov. Jeff Landry said Monday. The state has approved a new protocol that includes execution by nitrogen hypoxia, he said. The method forces a person to breathe pure nitrogen gas,