An Alabama death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed using nitrogen gas later this year is challenging the controversial method in an ongoing lawsuit.

An Alabama inmate, who officials say is scheduled to die in October by nitrogen hypoxia, is pushing for execution by firing squad, hanging or medical-aid-in-dying instead.

Gov. Kay Ivey said the state will execute Anthony Boyd using nitrogen gas, despite his please. The new execution method has been called inhumanely critics.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials unconstitutionally broad authority to ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials unconstitutionally broad authority to ...

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, challenges the measure signed earlier this year by ...

Next nitrogen gas execution scheduled in Alabama as legal challenges grow Gov. Kay Ivey (R) set an October execution date for Anthony Boyd, an inmate challenging the state’s use of nitrogen hypoxia.

Alabama began using nitrogen gas last year to carry out some executions. The method uses a gas mask to replace breathable air with pure nitrogen gas, causing the inmate to die from lack of oxygen.

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives officials broad authority to decide how they should die.

Several Arkansas death row inmates sued the state Tuesday to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas, saying the measure gives prison officials unconstitutionally broad authority to ...