Alabama Attorney General’s Office defends effort to execute Jeffrey Lee by lethal injection

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 402

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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The Alabama Attorney General’s Office urged a federal court Friday to allow it to pursue the execution of a death row inmate by lethal injection after it was barred from using nitrogen gas.

In a filing with U.S. District Judge Emily Marks, attorneys argued that Jeffrey Lee, sentenced to death for the 1998 murders of two people during a pawn shop robbery, can be executed by lethal injection after the federal courts ruled that executing …

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