Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing of 41-year-old Pauline Brown. It was the first execution in ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier was put to death by the state of Alabama Thursday for killing Pauline Brown in 1991 in Birmingham, ...

Alabama became the first state to carry out executions with nitrogen gas when three inmates were put to death using the new ...

Louisiana is set to resume executions after a 15-year pause, utilizing the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. The ...

Louisiana has adopted nitrogen hypoxia as a new execution method, following Alabama’s lead. Gov. Landry says it’s time for ...

Alabama has carried out the nation’s fourth nitrogen gas execution, putting a man to death for the killing of a woman who was ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

The Alabama House of Representatives voted 86-5 for the bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue the death penalty when an ...

Alabama has used nitrogen gas on three other inmates ... The Alabama Department of Corrections said five news media members are among the execution witnesses: The Associated Press, the Montgomery ...

Alabama executed murderer and rapist Demetrius Terrance Frazier by nitrogen gas at 6 p.m. Thursday. He was convicted in the ...

Alabama prison officials maintain that nitrogen hypoxia is a painless and effective method of execution, despite concerns raised by witnesses and anti-death penalty advocates. ATMORE, Ala.