US Supreme Court leaves stay against Alabama’s nitrogen gas executions in place

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 12, 2026

Words: 1,036

Last Updated: 2 hours, 1 minute ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld two lower court rulings that found Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol unconstitutional, ending for now a short but intense legal battle over Alabama’s execution methods; what constituted an acceptable level of suffering in an execution and the state’s obligations to offer alternative methods that could be less painful.

In a brief, two-sentence order, the court denied a request from the Alabama Attorney General’s Office to stay a district …

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