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Louisiana governor signs bill into law expanding execution methods to include nitrogen gas and electrocution

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Louisiana governor Jeff Landry has signed a bill into law that will expand execution methods in the state to include nitrogen gas and electrocution.

The new legislation is part of a larger package of focused on crime, which the state’s Republican-led legislature passed during a special session.

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