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Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state’s execution methods

BATON ROGUE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole method to carry out capital punishment. However, like other reliably red states that have seen executions stall, Louisiana lawmakers are looking to expand …

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