Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Resuming Nitrogen Gas Executions After Lower Court Ruling
ABC News — Politics—The Supreme Court rejected Alabama's emergency request to resume nitrogen gas executions after a lower court ruled the method unconstitutional. Alabama state corrections officials confirmed the execution was called off for the evening and that the state would not attempt an alternative method that night. The case raises broader questions about which execution methods satisfy constitutional requirements against cruel and unusual punishment, with nitrogen hypoxia having been touted by some states as a more humane alternative to lethal injection.