Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said crime victims and their families have waited too long for justice in the form of death penalty executions.

Governor Landry announced that the La. Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for the sentences of inmates on death Row to be carried out.

Governor Landry said the Department of Corrections has finalized an execution protocol which includes procedures for nitrogen hypoxia, a procedure the state approved last year