Alabama inmate's nitrogen gas execution tonight hinges on last-minute appeal

A death row inmate in Alabama is waiting on a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court to see if the state will be allowed to carry out his scheduled execution Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia. The Alabama Attorney General's Office petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge's decision to permanently ban the state from putting Jeffrey Lee to death using the controversial and relatively new execution method that Alabama first introduced in 2024. …