SCOTUS Blocks Alabama Execution Hours Before Inmate Was Set To Die

a setback for Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who expressed disappointment following the decision.

“This evening the U.S. Supreme Court denied the state of Alabama the ability to execute death row inmate Jeffery Lee by nitrogen hypoxia,” Ivey’s office said in a statement.

The Republican governor said she remained committed to seeing justice carried out for continue reading …