{"id":2613511,"date":"2026-06-11T23:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-alabama-from-executing-inmate-with-nitrogen-gas\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T03:28:01","slug":"supreme-court-blocks-alabama-from-executing-inmate-with-nitrogen-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-blocks-alabama-from-executing-inmate-with-nitrogen-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court blocks Alabama from executing inmate with nitrogen gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-blocks-alabama-from-executing-inmate-with-nitrogen-gas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"203\">Supreme Court<\/a> on Thursday declined to overrule a federal judge\u2019s order that blocked <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alabama\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1172\">Alabama<\/a> from executing an inmate accused of murder with nitrogen gas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeffery Lee was set to be executed at 6 p.m. Thursday local time under Alabama\u2019s nitrogen hypoxia protocol, but the state chose not to proceed with the execution until the Supreme Court intervened.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4605578\/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-questionable-legal-doctrine\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Clarence Thomas urges Supreme Court to revisit \u2018questionable\u2019 legal doctrine<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4604441\/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-ex-twitter-employee-secrets-saudi-official\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court rules on case of ex-Twitter employee who handed secrets to Saudi Arabia<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/4598907\/supreme-court-tosses-biden-gas-appliance-rules\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Supreme Court tosses DC Circuit ruling on Biden\u2019s gas appliance rules<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high court voted 6-3 to leave the lower court\u2019s stay against the method in place. Justices <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/clarence-thomas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1048\">Clarence Thomas<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/samuel-alito\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1232\">Samuel Alito<\/a>, and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/neil-gorsuch\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"386\">Neil Gorsuch<\/a> represented the three votes that sided with Alabama. The court did not provide an explanation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Emily Marks declared nitrogen hypoxia unconstitutional one day after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed her initial decision from May in favor of the execution method. The federal appeals court reasoned there was a \u201csubstantial risk of serious harm\u201d from nitrogen hypoxia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marks originally determined the protocol did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, which is banned by the Eighth Amendment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall promptly appealed the federal judge\u2019s second ruling to the Supreme Court this week. The appeal was ultimately unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kay-ivey\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3161\">Kay Ivey<\/a> (R-AL) expressed her disappointment with the Supreme Court\u2019s decision late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJeffery Lee was convicted and sentenced to death for the December 1998 murder-robbery of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson in Dallas County,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile I am disappointed the Supreme Court did not allow the state to proceed with Lee\u2019s chosen method of execution, I remain committed to ensuring that justice is ultimately served for his victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ivey\u2019s office noted the Supreme Court did not overturn Lee\u2019s death sentence, effectively allowing his execution date to be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee\u2019s lawyers celebrated the legal victory in their client\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4601882\/judge-alabama-execution-nitrogen-gas\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4601882\/judge-alabama-execution-nitrogen-gas\/\">JUDGE PERMANENTLY BLOCKS ALABAMA FROM EXECUTING INMATE WITH NITROGEN GAS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHis jury voted for life,\u201d they said. \u201cTwo courts ruled the method unconstitutional. Today, the Constitution prevailed. Now Gov. Ivey can finish what the jury started: restore the jury\u2019s verdict of life without parole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alabama is one of five states where execution by nitrogen gas is legal, alongside Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. Alabama was the first state to authorize its use, championing the capital punishment method and taking it all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in the state\u2019s favor in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to overrule a federal judge\u2019s order that blocked Alabama from executing an inmate accused of murder with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee was set to be executed at 6 p.m. Thursday local time under Alabama\u2019s nitrogen hypoxia protocol, but the state chose not to proceed with the execution until the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2613512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26162659988351.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26162659988351.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2613512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}