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Supreme Court Halts Nitrogen Execution, Orders Lethal Injection
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- Jeffery Lee is scheduled for execution on September 17, 2026.
- He was convicted for a 1998 pawnshop robbery that killed the owner and his ex-wife.
- Most jurors voted for life without parole.
- Judges overrode that vote, keeping Lee on death row.
- The Supreme Court halted a nitrogen-gas execution plan, ordering lethal injection instead.
