Supreme Court Upholds Block on Alabama Nitrogen Gas Execution, Citing Cruelty Concerns
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Kim Chandler, Associated Press
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· 2 sourcesThe U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court's injunction blocking Alabama from executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas, sparing his life after the scheduled execution time had passed. Rolling Stone reported that the ruling, which found the method constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, could set a precedent preventing future use of nitrogen gas in the state. Rev. Jeff Hood, a spiritual advisor who witnessed Alabama's first nitrogen gas execution in January 2024, described the experience as horrific to Rolling Stone.
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Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to lift an injunction blocking Alabama from executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas, after a lower court ruled the method is unconstitutionally cruel. The decision came well after the originally scheduled execution time, sparing Lee's life for now. This would have been the nation's ninth execution by nitrogen gas.
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· 3 pulledThe justices decided not to lift an injunction blocking Alabama from carrying out what would have been the nation's ninth execution by nitrogen gas, rejecting a last-minute legal battle by the state as it sought to carry out the sentence in the evening.
An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is unconstitutionally cruel.
The decision came well after the hour originally planned to initiate Jeffery Lee's execution.
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