Abstract: In this paper, we consider nonsmooth nonconvex optimization problems with nonlinear equality constraints having the objective function in composite form. To solve this problem, we introduce ...

Alabama on Friday moved to execute a man with lethal injection hours after his nitrogen execution was prevented from going forward. The Alabama Attorney General's office asked the Alabama Supreme ...

Alabama’s first scheduled execution of 2026 was halted on June 11. The U.S. Supreme Court allowed a lower court ruling to stand, blocking the state from using nitrogen gas to execute death row inmate ...

The US Supreme Court has denied an appeal by the state of Alabama to execute death row prisoner Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas. Two lower courts had earlier blocked the use of nitrogen gas in ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the distributed nonconvex optimization problem, where both the global cost function and local inequality constraint function are nonconvex. To tackle this issue, the ...

A death row prisoner whose planned execution Thursday was suddenly halted became emotional when he learned that a federal court had ruled Alabama’s use of nitrogen gas violates the constitutional ban ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge on Tuesday permanently blocked Alabama from executing an inmate with nitrogen gas after declaring the method violates the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.