Lower courts had found the method of execution to be a cruel and unusual punishment ...
The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively ...
The judge ordered the state to find an alternate method if it is going to move ahead with the execution of Jeffery Lee, who was convicted of murder.
US District Court Judge Shelly Dick issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday that temporarily blocked a Louisiana inmate’s execution by nitrogen gas, ruling that the largely untested method could ...