An Alabama death row inmate was saved from execution after a federal court ruling banned the means of the scheduled procedure. 49-year-old Jeffrey Lee was set to become the ninth person in the country ...

A federal judge banned Alabama from executing an inmate by nitrogen hypoxia, calling the method unconstitutionally cruel.

After a week of legal volleyball, Alabama Death Row inmate Jeffery Lee’s execution — scheduled for Thursday evening — was called off after federal courts called the state’s nitrogen gas execution ...

The Supreme Court declined a request from Alabama to move forward with a scheduled execution using nitrogen hypoxia, with Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissenting.

From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.

Advocates for death row inmates in Louisiana are praising a decision this month by the U.S. Supreme Court that barred Alabama ...

The Supreme Court said Alabama can't execute inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas, a controversial method a lower court said is likely unconstitutional.

The governor of Alabama has set the execution date for 40-year-old Jeremy Williams, who was convicted in 2024 of the 2021 ...

U.S. District Judge Emily Marks issued the ruling that could stop the execution of Alabama death row inmate Jeffery Lee this week.

The execution is planned for a 30-hour window between midnight June 11 and 6 a.m. June 12. Charles "Sonny" Burton was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jury convicted Jeffrey Lee, 50, of the 1998 murders of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson during a pawn shop robbery. A three-judge ...

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