A federal judge permanently blocked Alabama from using nitrogen gas for executions, ruling the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-blocks-alabamas-nitrogen-gas-execution-method-rules-unconstitutionally-cruel
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