Sanders signed the law hours before Louisiana executed its first inmate with the nitrogen gas method. Arkansas is now the fifth state to approve the method.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed legislation allowing the state to carry out executions using nitrogen gas.

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed multiple bills, including one allowing nitrogen gas executions, into law on Tuesday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row, has died, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark — The Arkansas Senate has approved a bill allowing executions using nitrogen gas, advancing House Bill 1489 closer to becoming law. The proposal cleared the Senate on Tuesday ...

When it comes to administering the death penalty, perhaps the most intractable difficulty is that it’s just really, really difficult to kill someone in a way that isn’t cruel or unusual or ...

Hours after the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas in January last year, Alabama's attorney general urged other states to also develop it as a method for carrying out death sentences.Now ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers advanced legislation to authorize nitrogen gas as an execution method. Supporters say it will allow executions to resume in a state that hasn’t put ...

Now, some states are following suit. Louisiana is scheduled to execute a man with nitrogen gas on March 18. Arkansas lawmakers are seeking to introduce nitrogen there after an eight-year pause in ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Tuesday allowing executions using nitrogen gas, making Arkansas the fifth state to adopt a method that opponents say is ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hours after the nation’s first execution by nitrogen gas in January last year, Alabama’s attorney general urged other states to also develop it as a method for ...