A bill introduced in early 2026 would've authorized executions by suffocation via nitrogen gas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an ...

Weeks after Arizona resumed executions following an eight-year pause in capital punishment, some social media users are claiming the state is using a controversial method to put certain criminals to ...

When convicted murderer Kenneth “Kenny” Eugene Smith was executed early last year in Alabama, witnesses reported that the 58-year-old prisoner “shook and writhed” for at least four minutes as deadly ...

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Capital punishment remains legal throughout much of the United States. However, the form of execution does vary. These are several methods of execution that remain legal in the United States.

Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, listens to a bill on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle) After an attempt to add firing squads to Indiana law stalled in the Senate, a House ...