People outside of Alabama will want to follow this one. As of this writing, one of the state’s methods of execution has been declared unconstitutional. I don’t think this is settled, but it’s a case with major ramifications for the death penalty and the Eighth Amendment.
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday upheld two lower court rulings that found Alabama’s nitrogen gas execution protocol unconstitutional, ending for now a short but sharp battle over the state's execution methods and what constitutes an acceptable level of suffering in capital punishment.
The decision Thursday evening for now ended a short but intense legal battle over Alabama’s execution methods.
