The state will still allow lethal injection for death-row prisoners if it's not possible to use the firing squad.

From lethal injection to nitrogen gas, here’s a look at the execution methods allowed under Alabama law.

The Supreme Court is weighing Alabama’s nitrogen execution after a judge ruled the method unconstitutional.

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is ...

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

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 "intolerable." ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and ...