Entries tagged with “Emily Marks”
Methods of Execution
,Upcoming Executions
,Aug 03, 2026
Alabama Governor Sets New Execution Date for Jeffery Lee Using Lethal Injection, Following Blocked Efforts to Execute Him with Nitrogen Gas
On July 30, 2026, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey set a new execution date for Jeffery Lee after the state’s unsuccessful attempt to execute him using nitrogen gas in June. Gov. Ivey set Mr. Lee’s execution by lethal injection for September 17, 2026, just over three months after an Alabama federal judge permanently blocked the state from using its nitrogen gas protocol. This new execution date came after U.S. District Judge Emily Marks, the same judge who enjoined the state from…
Methods of Execution
,Jun 11, 2026
Alabama Federal Judges Block State from Using Nitrogen Gas to Execute Jeffery Lee
\Update 9:17pm ET, June 11, 2026: [The U.S. Supreme Court denied Alabama’s appeal. Mr. Lee’s execution will not proceed as scheduled.\] On June 9, 2026, an Alabama federal district judge“permanently enjoined” state officials from using nitrogen gas to execute death-sentenced prisoner Jeffery Lee after finding that the state’s nitrogen execution protocol violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment. Judge Emily Marks issued her…
Upcoming Executions
,Jun 04, 2026
Alabama Federal Judge Rules Nitrogen Gas Executions are Constitutional, Denying Stay for Jeffery Lee
On May 28, 2026, an Alabama federal district judge ruled that nitrogen gas executions are constitutional and do not violate the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. In the first federal bench trial examining nitrogen gas as a method of execution, U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks found that death-sentenced prisoner Jeffery Lee“failed to prove that \[Alabama’s gas\] Protocol causes more than‘the necessary suffering involved…
Methods of Execution
,Oct 27, 2025
Alabama Execution Witnesses Report “Violent Thrashing” of Prisoner and More Than 225 “Agonized Breaths” in Nitrogen Gas Execution
On October 23, 2025, Alabama executed Anthony Boyd, despite his unwavering claim of innocence and a fiery dissent authored by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, renewing the serious concerns that have been consistently raised about the state’s use of nitrogen gas. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, dissented from the Court’s October 23, 2025, denial of a stay of execution, writing that Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas“violates the Constitution…
Methods of Execution
,Oct 21, 2025
Despite Serious Concerns about Trial’s Fairness and Anthony Boyd’s Innocence, Alabama Plans to Execute Him Using Nitrogen Gas
Anthony Boyd is scheduled to be executed in Alabama on October 23, 2025, for his role in the 1993 kidnapping and murder of Gregory“New York” Huguley. Mr. Boyd was convicted based solely on eyewitness testimony with no physical evidence linking him to the crime, and he has maintained his innocence. Alabama will execute Mr. Boyd using nitrogen gas, the seventh time state has used this controversial method since January 2024, when the state executed Kenneth Smith in…