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Alabama Inmate Geoffrey West Executed by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder

Alabama Inmate Geoffrey West Executed by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder

Alabama Inmate Geoffrey West Executed by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder Alabama has carried out the execution of Geoffrey Todd West, 50, by nitrogen gas, for the 1997 murder of convenience store clerk Margaret Parrish Berry. The execution took place at William C. Holman Correctional Facility, marking another use of the controversial method Alabama pioneered in 2024. West was pronounced dead after appearing to struggle for breath during the procedure. Despite an apology from West to Berry’s family and pleas…

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Alabama Executes Geoffrey West by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder

Alabama Executes Geoffrey West by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder

Alabama Executes Geoffrey West by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder Geoffrey Todd West, 50, was executed Thursday night at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in south Alabama, becoming the nation’s latest individual to face capital punishment by nitrogen gas. West was convicted of the 1997 capital murder of Margaret Parrish Berry, a 33-year-old store clerk. The execution proceeded despite a plea from Berry’s son, Will Berry, who had urged Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to commute West’s sentence to life…

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Mississippi Executes Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Richard Gerald Jordan After Decades of Legal Battles

Mississippi Executes Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Richard Gerald Jordan After Decades of Legal Battles

Mississippi Executes Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Richard Gerald Jordan After Decades of Legal Battles Mississippi has carried out the execution of Richard Gerald Jordan, the state’s longest-serving death row inmate, bringing an end to a nearly 50-year legal saga. Jordan, 79, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary on Wednesday, following decades of appeals and a final clemency denial. Jordan was sentenced to death in 1976 for the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter, a bank loan officer’s…

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