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.

An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, was convicted of the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown. Prosecutors said Frazier raped ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., ...

Demetrius Frazer is set to die by nitrogen gas for the murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama in 1991. Alabama has used nitrogen gas on three other inmates in the past year.

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

Demetrius Frazier is the fourth inmate in Alabama to be executed by nitrogen gas Alabama Department of Corrections via AP An Alabama death row inmate who raped and murdered a woman in 1991 was ...

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 ...

Frazier, 52, is set to die by nitrogen gas for the murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama, on Nov. 26, 1991. If the execution moves forward, Frazier will be the first inmate ...

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

A man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in Alabama in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius ...

Serial rapist and murderer Demetrius Frazier, was put to death by nitrogen gas at Holman Prison in Atmore, Alabama. Photo / AFP A serial rapist and murderer was put to death by nitrogen gas in ...