Days before Alabama execution, federal court orders new hearing

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 677

Last Updated: 3 days, 4 hours ago

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A federal appeals court Monday ordered a new hearing for an Alabama death row inmate scheduled to be executed on Thursday, but did not stay the execution.

The three judge panel of 11th Circuit Court of Appeals judges — U.S. District Court judges Adalberto Jordan, Robert J. Luck and Embry Kidd, appointed by Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden — ruled that Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas for executions violated the Eighth Amendment …

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