News24 | Last-minute US Supreme Court order halts Alabama nitrogen gas execution (opens original article in a new tab)

US Supreme Court blocked Alabama's nitrogen gas execution of inmate Jeffery Lee, citing constitutional concerns and following UN condemnation of the method.

• US Supreme Court blocked Alabama from executing inmate via nitrogen gas
• Inmate Jeffery Lee was scheduled for execution by nitrogen gas hypoxia for 1998 murder
• UN denounced nitrogen gas as cruel and inhumane capital punishment method
• Supreme Court denied Alabama's request to proceed with nitrogen hypoxia execution