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The Supreme Court ruled late Thursday evening that Alabama cannot immediately execute a man using nitrogen gas. The decision upheld a lower court order that had blocked the execution on grounds that the use of nitrogen gas violates the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
In a one-sentence order, the high court ruled that Alabama’s request “was denied.” Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and
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