Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state's attorney general said Tuesday. State’s GOP Legislature expanded execution methods The push to resume executions follows a move last year by the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature to expand death row execution methods to include electrocution and nitrogen gas. Terrell did not return calls to his office requesting comment, but said in a statement post on his office's Facebook page that he considered nitrogen gas a “painless method of execution” and sought to "bring justice to the survivors of Roy’s horrible crimes.” Murrill told The Associated Press that she anticipates Roy’s case to be resolved soon and still expects him to be executed. Louisiana’s governor pushed back against criticism of the death penalty and said that he intends “to advocate for the innocent victims and the loved ones left behind” and that “justice will be dispensed.” ___ Associated Press writer Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama, contributed.