Supreme Court declines to let Alabama move forward with nitrogen gas execution

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The Supreme Court refused to allow Alabama to proceed with the scheduled execution of Jeffrey Lee using nitrogen hypoxia.
Federal courts had previously ruled Alabama's nitrogen hypoxia method unconstitutional.
Lee's legal team argued the method constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Alabama's Attorney General petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse the federal judge's ban on the nitrogen hypoxia protocol.
The state intends to continue defending its execution method, which has been used in several other executions in the U.S., though witnesses have reported signs of suffering.
Lee was sentenced to death for a 1998 robbery and double murder, but the jury initially voted for a life sentence.

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