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Alabama Shifts Execution Method for Jeffery Lee | Birmingham News
Alabama is moving ahead with Jeffery Lee’s execution on September 17th, switching from the previously blocked nitrogen gas method to lethal injection — the state’s default approach. Convicted in 1998 for a pawn shop robbery that killed two and injured another, Lee has spent over 25 years on death row. Though his legal team once proposed a firing squad, Alabama doesn’t authorize it. The state, eager to avoid further delays, insists lethal injection remains legally viable — even as Lee’s lawyers prepare to challenge the protocol. Past lethal injection attempts in Alabama have faltered due to…
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