Federal judge blocks use of Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol
A federal judge blocked Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol, ruling it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment. The judge allowed Jeffery Lee, scheduled for execution on Thursday, to propose a firing squad as an alternative method.
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- Judge blocks Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution method, rules it is unconstitutionally cruel
- US federal judge blocks Alabama from executing man by nitrogen gas
- Judge bars Alabama nitrogen gas execution, says method is unconstitutionally cruel