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, June 8, 2026, to oppose an upcoming execution in Alabama.

The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing Alabama’s emergency request to reinstate the nitrogen gas execution of Jeffery Lee, hours before his scheduled death, which had been set for 6 p.m. Thursday. In a one‑sentence order issued late Thursday, the Court ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a 15-year halt on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive activity,” and media witnesses described twitching, clenched ...

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Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. Now, depending on where they're imprisoned, inmates have a virtual buffet of ways to die: firing squad, nitrogen gas ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state using lethal injection and the gas chamber. If approved ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — 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 unusual punishment. U.S. District Judge Emily Marks issued ...