A lawsuit challenging Alabama’s lethal injection procedure took an unexpected turn after eight inmate plaintiffs asked to be put to death by the state’s recently adopted new execution method—inhaling nitrogen gas.
John Palombi, a lawyer who represents multiple death row inmates, and Alabama Deputy Attorney General Thomas Govan filed a motion to dismiss the case on Tuesday, July 10. They claimed the lawsuit moot because the inmates named in the case have chosen to die by nitrogen hypoxia, the newly legalized form of execution in Alabama, instead of lethal injection, the Advance Local reported.
