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ban on cruel and unusual punishment. On Tuesday, US District Judge Emily C Marks permanently enjoined the state from executing Jeffery Lee by nitrogen gas. Lee was scheduled to be executed Thursday at an Alabama
Alabama cannot immediately execute a man using nitrogen gas. The decision upheld a lower court order that had blocked the execution on grounds that the use of nitrogen gas violates the Eighth Amendment's ban
Alabama has been [barred using nitrogen gas to execute](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/alabama-execution-judge-ruling)** **[a man](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/alabama-execution-judge-ruling)** after a federal judge declared the method violates the ban