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Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Updated on June 11 at 9:28 p.m. Alabama came to the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, asking the justices to allow the ...

The judge ordered the state to find an alternate method if it is going to move ahead with the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was convicted of murder, and an appeals court upheld the decision. By Rick ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran has accelerated its executions of dissidents and activists, with the true number of victims likely obscured by the regime’s internet censorship and blackout. Ever since ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on June 11 said Alabama can’t immediately execute a death row inmate using a controversial method of nitrogen gas that a lower court said is likely unconstitutional.

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama executing death row inmate Jeffrey Lee with nitrogen gas after finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual ...

A death row prisoner whose planned execution Thursday was suddenly halted became emotional when he learned that a federal court had ruled Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas violates the constitutional ban ...

After a week of legal volleyball, Alabama Death Row inmate Jeffery Lee’s execution — scheduled for Thursday evening — was called off after federal courts called the state’s nitrogen gas execution ...

A federal appeals court has ruled Alabama’s method of executing prisoners with nitrogen gas could cause “intolerable” suffering, reversing a lower court’s decision and setting up a legal battle ahead ...

Some execution teams have struggled or failed to find suitable veins, needles have become clogged or disengaged and in some cases multiple doses of the drugs have been needed to kill the condemned ...

The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method. By Rick Rojas and Abbie VanSickle The Supreme Court ...