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A federal judge has ruled nitrogen gas executions are constitutional, clearing the way for states like Alabama to proceed — despite claims of suffering and ongoing legal challenges. The decision, based on the first trial of its kind, upheld the method as not cruel or unusual, even as it acknowledged brief air hunger. Jeffery Lee, scheduled for execution on June 11th, faces an appeal, while advocates and officials clash over the ethics and legality of capital punishment. With five states approving the method and only two having used it, this ruling marks a pivotal moment in the nation’s ongoing debate over lethal injection alternatives and the future of the death penalty.

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