Judge blocks Alabama's nitrogen gas execution method
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Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward. The Alabama Attorney General's office asked the Alabama Supreme Court to authorize a death warrant for Jeffery Lee, this ...
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Alabama seeks lethal injection execution for Jeffery Lee
Alabama is now seeking to execute Jeffery Lee by lethal injection after his nitrogen execution was blocked.
Christa Pike's attorneys argue the execution process will cause her to relive the sexual abuse she suffered as a child.
Tennessee set out to execute Tony Carruthers on May 21, 2026, but he lived to tell about it. Carruthers, who was sentenced to death for a 1994 triple murder, survived his date with death when the execution team members could find only one suitable vein in which to secure an IV,
Pike was convicted of the torture and murder of Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville back in 1995.
Dr. Mark Walton Fowler played a key role in the attempt to put Tony Carruthers to death by lethal injection before it was called off after 90 minutes.
Tony Carruthers was granted a one-year reprieve from death after his executioners failed to find a vein for lethal injection.
