A federal judge ordered that Alabama is permanently enjoined from using nitrogen hypoxia execution, leading to an immediate appeal from the state.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas to put prisoners to death needs more study of whether it violates a constitutional

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the amount of time it takes an inmate to die with the nitrogen gas method is \