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La. expands methods of execution

The new methods, including electrocution and nitrogen hypoxia, are approved to be used on the state’s nearly 60 death row inmates starting July 1

March 10, 2024 06:03 AM

By Emily Woodruff

The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

NEW ORLEANS —Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law Tuesday new methods of execution that can be used in Louisiana for the state’s nearly 60 death row prisoners starting July 1.

Electrocution is back in rotation after a 33-year ban. Lethal injection with a cocktail of drugs remains legal, but drug shortages have put such executions on pause for the last 14 years.

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