Alabama Executes Geoffrey West by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder
Alabama Executes Geoffrey West by Nitrogen Gas for 1997 Murder Alabama carried out the execution of Geoffrey Todd West on Thursday night, utilizing nitrogen gas, a method the state has now employed six times. West, 50, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m. at William C. Holman Correctional Facility for the 1997 murder of Etowah County gas station clerk Margaret Parrish Berry during a $250 robbery. The execution proceeded despite a heartfelt plea for clemency from Will Berry, the victim’s son,…