A federal judge Tuesday ruled that Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol constituted “cruel and unusual punishment,” ...

In a ruling issued in Washington D.C., U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, in a 15-page ruling halted the execution of four men scheduled to be put to death at the federal penitentiary in Terre ...

UPDATE:A federal judge has ruled that Alabama cannot execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen hypoxia, finding the ...

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 appeals court Wednesday evening upheld a lower court ruling declaring Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that execution by nitrogen gas does not violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate’s claim ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it ...

Alabama asks appeals court to let Jeffery Lee’s nitrogen gas execution go forward tonight - A federal judge on Tuesday ruled ...

The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases, officials said Friday.The Justice ...