{
  "id": 8024266,
  "title": "After nitrogen execution blocked, Alabama inmate to die by lethal injection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/after-nitrogen-execution-blocked-alabama-inmate-to-die-by-lethal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:40:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nitrogen-execution-blocked-elvis-impersonator-killer-lethal-injection-alabama/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer who killed two people during a 1998 pawnshop robbery, is set to die by lethal injection in Alabama on Thursday night. This execution comes three months after the original date was canceled due to a judge blocking the state from using nitrogen gas as the execution method. Lee, 49, was originally scheduled to be executed on June 11 using nitrogen gas, a method Alabama tested in early 2024 for the first time. However, the execution was halted by District Judge Emily Marks, who ruled the nitrogen gas protocol as unconstitutionally cruel and a violation of Lee's constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment. Following this decision, Alabama's attorney general's office quickly sought a new execution date, and Lee opted for lethal injection instead. Despite a jury recommendation for life imprisonment, Lee's attorneys argue that the state should not be legally allowed to switch execution methods. Twenty-six inmates have been executed in the U.S. this year, including a Texas man who was put to death for a triple murder.",
  "summary": "Alabama is set to execute a man by lethal injection. This comes after a judge blocked the state from using nitrogen gas for the execution. The change in method comes three months after the judge's ruling.\n\nThe execution is scheduled for Thursday night.\n\nThe inmate's execution method was changed from nitrogen gas to lethal injection.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Alabama set to execute man for pawn shop killings months after his nitrogen gas execution blocked",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/alabama-set-to-execute-man-for-pawn-shop-killings-months-after-his",
        "published": "2026-09-17T04:07:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}