What to know about the evolution of execution methods in the US
Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a
Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks issued the decision permanently enjoining the state from executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas. Lee was scheduled to be executed Thursday at an Alabama prison.
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