Federal judge blocks use of Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol

A federal judge Tuesday ruled that Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol constituted “cruel and unusual punishment,” throwing future uses of the controversial method into doubt. U.S. District Court Judge Emily Marks, ruling a day after a three-judge panel found the method constituted a “substantial risk of serious harm” to Jeffery Lee, scheduled to be executed […]

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