Nitrogen Gas Execution
Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action, leads a demonstration outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more stud…
Supreme Court nixes Alabama request for nitrogen execution, which lower court ruled unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to let Alabama execute a man with nitrogen gas. The justices refused to lift an injunction blocking the state from carrying out the nation’s ninth execution by that method. They declined to set aside lower court findings that it is unconstitutional. The decision caps a heated legal fight over the humaneness of the method. Alabama had planned to put 49-year-old Jeffery Lee to death Thursday using nitrogen. Lee was convicted of killing Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson while robbing a pawnshop on Dec. 12, 1998.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday asked permission to execute a man by lethal inject…
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