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A federal judge has halted Louisiana's first death row execution using nitrogen gas, which was scheduled to take place next week. Alabama has carried out four death sentences using this method, called unconstitutional by critics.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution. Ivey said Myers, 63, will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of being executed later this year. The move stunned Attorney General Steve Marshall and was the first gubernatorial commutation of a death sentence in Alabama since 1999.

Alabama is planning to carry out its fourth execution with nitrogen gas. Demetrius Terrence Frazier is scheduled to be executed Feb. 6 at a south Alabama prison. Frazier was convicted of killing 41-year-old Pauline Brown in 1991.

The fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S., taking place in Alabama, is on track to continue as planned. Demetrius Frazier is scheduled to be put to death on Feb. 6 for a 1991 rape and murder case. This follows a federal judge rejecting a preliminary injunction to stop his execution.

A federal judge has refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in the U.S. Chief District Judge Emily C. Marks is rejecting Demetrius Frazier’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop his execution in Alabama.

A federal judge is hearing competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Terrence Frazier is scheduled to be executed Feb. 6 in Alabama for a woman's 1991 rape and murder in Birmingham.

Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas have filed a lawsuit, claiming the Detroit native was illegally transferred to the Yellowhammer State. Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, is scheduled to be put to death on Feb. 6 for a 1991 murder.

Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas are asking a federal judge to block the upcoming execution. Demetrius Terrence Frazier on Feb. 6 is scheduled to be the fourth person executed by nitrogen gas.

Alabama has scheduled its fourth execution by nitrogen gas. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday set a Feb. 6 execution date for Demetrius Frazier. Her office said the execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas. Frazier was convicted of killing Pauline Brown while burglarizing her Birmingham apartment in 1991.

Alabama is attracting international attention following the nitrogen gas execution of Carey Grayson. The UK’s Daily Mail is describing the method as controversial while Britain’s Daily Star called the process agonizing torture. Grayson was one of four teens convicted of killing a hitch hiker by throwing her off a cliff. It was the third execution in the U.S. using nitrogen gas, all carried out in Alabama this year.