Suing under the American With Disabilities Act, Reeves claimed he had intellectual disabilities that prevented him from understanding the form offering him the chance to choose nitrogen hypoxia - a method never used in the U.S. - over lethal injection, which the inmate’s lawyers called “torturous.”
Matthew Reeves executed for 1996 killing after Supreme Court clears way
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Alabama has said it plans to have a system for the new execution method ready by the end of April, court documents show, but the state argued against delaying Reeves’ execution.
Supreme Court considers Alabama's bid to allow execution
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