A bill filed in Arkansas legislature Friday would allow the use of nitrogen gas in methods of executions if it passed as law.
A newly proposed bill in Arkansas would add nitrogen gas as a method to execute death row inmates in the state.
An Arkansas lawmaker filed a bill on Friday that amends methods of execution in Arkansas to include nitrogen gas.
If nitrogen hypoxia is used, an inmate breathes 100 percent nitrogen, which causes suffocation. Louisiana is one of four states that have approved it for executions.