Supreme court rejects Alabama’s request to execute a prisoner, setting up showdown over method decried by experts as brutalThe United States’ newest execution method, nitrogen gas, appears headed toward a legal showdown amid a widening controversy over whether it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.The US supreme court late on Thursday rejected the state of Alabama’s request to execute prisoner Jeffrey Lee with nitrogen gas, a method where a respirator is strapped to an inmate’s face and they breathe pure nitrogen until dying of oxygen deprivation. Continue reading...
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/alabama-capital-punishment-nitrogen-gas