MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama on Friday asked permission to execute a man by lethal injection after court rulings blocked the use of nitrogen gas and cast doubt on the future of the state’s gas method.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday asked permission to execute a man by lethal injection after court rulings blocked the use of nitrogen gas and cast doubt on the future of the state’s gas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters gather outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama.

(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked Alabama from executing a man using nitrogen hypoxia, a relatively new method of carrying out the death penalty that experts say causes “air hunger” and ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward. The Alabama Attorney General’s office asked ...

Alabama asked the state's Supreme Court on Friday to authorize a last-minute switch to lethal injection after its attempt to execute Jeffery Lee by nitrogen hypoxia was blocked. "In sum, ADOC has not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama on Friday asked permission to execute a man by lethal injection after court rulings blocked the use of nitrogen gas and ...