Lawyers of double murderer attempt to stall execution as 'humaneness' of nitrogen method questioned

Jeffery James Lee was convicted of killing two people while robbing a pawn shop in 1998 - his lawyers have attempted to stall his execution while an ongoing federal lawsuit challenges the humaneness of the nitrogen execution method


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