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Judge bans Alabama nitrogen gas execution
A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for the execution of death row inmate Jeffrey Lee, citing that the method violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The ruling followed an appeals court’s reversal of her initial approval, which found the method carried a substantial risk of serious harm and a painful three-minute period of unconsciousness. Alabama officials are appealing the decision, and the case may proceed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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