US federal judge blocks Alabama from executing man by nitrogen gas
Key takeaways
- The lethal injection chamber at the Holman correctional facility in Atmore, Alabama, in this 2002 picture.
- 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.
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The lethal injection chamber at the Holman correctional facility in Atmore, Alabama, in this 2002 picture. Photograph: Dave Martin/APView image in fullscreen. The lethal injection chamber at the Holman correctional facility in Atmore, Alabama, in this 2002 picture. Photograph: Dave Martin/APAlabama 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
Prefer the Guardian on Google. 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.