Entries tagged with “Emily Marks”
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…