Updated on: June 12, 2026 / 8:06 PM EDT
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Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward.The Alabama Attorney General's office asked the Alabama Supreme Court to authorize a death warrant for Jeffery Lee, this time using lethal injection."In sum, ADOC has not been barred from executing Lee, only from executing him by nitrogen hypoxia," state lawyers wrote.
This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections on Thursday, June 11, 2026, shows Jeffery Lee, who was sentenced to death for killing two people during a 1998 robbery at a pawn shop.
