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ATMORE, Ala. (AP) \u2014 An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas<\/a> was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is unconstitutionally cruel, issuing a brief order that came well after the hour originally planned to initiate Jeffery Lee\u2019s execution.<\/p>\n

The justices decided not to lift an injunction blocking Alabama from carrying out what would have been the nation\u2019s ninth execution by nitrogen gas, rejecting a last-minute legal battle by the state as it sought to carry out the sentence in the evening. A spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Corrections said the execution was off for the evening and the state would not try another method.<\/p>\n

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