An Alabama man on death row was executed via lethal injection, three months after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the state from using nitrogen gas. Jeffrey Lee, 49, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m at the William C.

Alabama is scheduled to execute Jeffrey Lee, 49, on Thursday, after the Supreme Court disallowed the use of nitrogen gas in his execution in June.

Jeffery Lee’s case has grappled with questions in Alabama about emerging execution methods and an abandoned sentencing practice that sent him and others to death row.

The 1998 trial of Jeffery Lee resulted in the Alabama jury giving a 7- 5 vote in favor of a life sentence without parole. However, the trial judge overrode the jury’s recommendation and sentenced him to death. The jury had recommended life in prison ...

An Alabama death row inmate has shared a chilling final message before his execution for a double murder.

Calls are growing to halt an Alabama execution scheduled for Thursday.

After a week of legal volleyball, Alabama Death Row inmate Jeffery Lee’s execution — scheduled for Thursday evening — was called off after federal courts called the state’s nitrogen gas execution method “likely unconstitutional.” The state took ...