U.S. District Judge Emily Marks issued the ruling that could stop the execution of Alabama death row inmate Jeffery Lee this week.

Montgomery, Ala. — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that execution by nitrogen gas doesn't violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate's claim that it ...

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the amount of time it takes an inmate to die with the nitrogen gas method is "intolerable." ...

An Alabama death row inmate was saved from execution after a federal court ruling banned the means of the scheduled procedure. 49-year-old Jeffrey Lee was set to become the ninth person in the country ...

Texas and Alabama are poised to execute death row inmates within minutes of each other on the same day this week. On Thursday, Sept. 25, Alabama is set to execute Geoffrey West, 50, by the relatively ...