Federal Judge Blocks Alabama From Using Nitrogen Gas in Jeffrey Lee Execution

The judge ordered the state to find an alternate method if it is going to move ahead with the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was convicted of murder.

By Rick Rojas

US federal judge blocks Alabama from executing man by nitrogen gas

Emily C Marks finds method proposed to kill Jeffery Lee violates ban on cruel and unusual punishment A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing a man with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. US district judge Emily C Marks issued the decision a day after an appeals court reversed her ruling that the method is constitutional. Continue reading...

By Associated Press

Judge blocks Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method, rules it is unconstitutionally cruel

A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

US judge halts execution by nitrogen gas, ruling it unconstitutional

Judge Emily Marks had previously allowed the execution to proceed, arguing that no execution is entirely without pain.

Execution blocked at the last minute as judge declares method ‘cruel and unusual’

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment

By Kim Chandler