Appeals court upholds ruling declaring Alabama’s nitrogen gas executions unconstitutional

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 10, 2026

Words: 1,399

Last Updated: 1 day, 2 hours ago

A federal appeals court by a 2-1 vote Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol was unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judges Adalberto Jordan and Embry Kidd said that the state had not shown that the lower court erred and said Jeffery Lee, scheduled to be executed on Thursday, would suffer “irreparable harm” by being executed under an unconstitutional method.
U.S. District …

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