Alabama's relatively new nitrogen gas execution method could inflict a cruel amount of pain and suffering on a death row inmate who says he'd rather be killed by a firing squad, a federal appeals ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and ...

A federal judge has permanently barred Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge ...

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 ...

Lethal injection remains the primary method in most states Twenty-eight states and the federal government authorize the use of lethal injection, in which an inmate has one or more deadly drugs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abraham Bonowitz, of the group Death Penalty Action, leads a demonstration outside the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, ...