Emily C Marks finds method proposed to kill Jeffery Lee violates ban on cruel and unusual punishment
A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing a man with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
US district judge Emily C Marks issued the decision a day after an appeals court reversed her ruling that the method is constitutional.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Associated Press.
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