Alabama death row inmate files suit to prevent 2nd execution attempt

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: August 25, 2026

Words: 562

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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A death row inmate who successfully challenged Alabama’s nitrogen gas protocol filed a lawsuit earlier this month in Montgomery County Circuit Court to prevent his execution by lethal injection.

Attorneys for Jeffery Lee argued in a suit filed on Aug. 14 in Montgomery Circuit Court that Alabama law does not allow the state to use lethal injection if he chose to die by nitrogen gas.

“A plain reading of Alabama indicates that ‘when a condemned …

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