A federal judge has ruled that execution by nitrogen gas doesn't violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate's claim that it causes excessive suffering.

A federal judge upheld the constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions in Alabama, allowing the state to continue this ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a June execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing two people during a 1998 robbery of a pawn shop. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday set a June ...

Throughout the report, the Justice Department referenced past Supreme Court rulings in capital cases, noting that the court “has never rejected a method of execution as unconstitutional.” Left unsaid ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a June execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing two people during a 1998 robbery of a pawn shop. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday set a June ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has set a June execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing two people during a 1998 robbery of a pawn shop. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday set a June 11 ...