Alabama was temporarily barred from executing death row inmate Jeffery Lee by nitrogen hypoxia in June 2026 after he ...

A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method ...

The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched ...

Idaho will use firing squads as its primary method of capital punishment, the first state in the United States to officially ...

Alabama is seeking to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.

Christa Gail Pike was just 18 years old when she committed a crime that dominated headlines for years: She tortured and murdered her romantic rival in Tennessee and later showed off a piece of the ...

Alabama’s plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

Responding to a lawsuit by an Alabama death row inmate, a federal appeals court says the state’s use of nitrogen gas to put people to death needs more study to determine whether it violates a ...