US legal showdown looms over ‘heinous’ nitrogen gas after supreme court blocks execution
Supreme court rejects Alabama’s request to execute a prisoner, setting up showdown over method decried by experts as brutal The United States’ newest execution method
Supreme court rejects Alabama’s request to execute a prisoner, setting up showdown over method decried by experts as brutal The 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...
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