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US Supreme Court denies Alabama's request to carry out nitrogen gas execution

The US Supreme Court denied Alabama's appeal to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas on Thursday. This ruling follows two lower court decisions deeming the method likely unconstitutional due to its cruel nature. Alabama's Attorney General called the halted execution a miscarriage of justice for the victims' families.

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