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Louisiana will start using nitrogen gas to carry out executions.
Gov. Jeff Landry say this will pave the way for death sentences that have been delayed, due to a nationwide shortage of lethal injection drugs.
The state has not executed a prisoner in fifteen years.
Louisiana is now the fourth state to allow this type of execution, joining Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma. It's only been tried, though, in Alabama.
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