A government that kills but does not know how to kill. That is the United States. For decades, it has clung to the illusion that executions are clean, quick, just. That they serve a purpose beyond raw ...

Last year, the court declined to intervene in the nation’s first nitrogen hypoxia execution, in Alabama. Hoffman’s lawyers had unsuccessfully argued that the nitrogen gas procedure — which ...

Robinson, now 56, is among 55 prisoners on death row in Louisiana, following the execution last week of Jessie Hoffman Jr., whose death by nitrogen hypoxia was a first for the state, following ...

UNICEF warned on Wednesday that approximately 825,000 children are trapped by escalating violence and severe food shortages in Sudan’s North Darfur region. The UN agency called for their urgent ...

24A893 Hoffman v. Westcott Whether the Supreme Court should stay the execution of Jessie Hoffman by nitrogen hypoxia so that he can pursue his claims under the Eighth Amendment and the Religious Land ...

Anoxia is different from hypoxia, as anoxia is a complete lack of oxygen while hypoxia means a partial oxygen loss. Anoxia can cause serious health complications, including brain damage and organ ...

Nathan Treece is a reporter and local host of NPR's Morning Edition for Little Rock Public Radio. Nathan previously worked as a Public Information Officer for the Division of Arkansas Heritage ...