With nitrogen gas blocked, Alabama seeks to execute inmate by lethal injection

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: June 13, 2026

Words: 913

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The Alabama Attorney General’s Office Friday sought to put an Alabama death row inmate to death by lethal injection a day after the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed the state’s attempt to execute him by nitrogen gas.

In a filing with the Alabama Supreme Court Friday afternoon, the state sought an expedited motion to set a new execution date for Jeffery Lee, 49. The state said that with a permanent injunction in place against nitrogen …

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