September 26, 2025
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Alabama to execute man by nitrogen gas

Alabama officials are preparing to execute Geoffrey Todd West, 50, for the 1997 shooting death of gas-station clerk Margaret Parrish Berry. The execution, scheduled for Thursday night at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility, will use nitrogen hypoxia — a method authorized by Alabama lawmakers in 2018 — drawing attention because it is among the nation's latest uses of that technique.

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Alabama to execute man for 1997 shooting death of store clerk
ABC News September 25, 2025
New information:
  • Geoffrey Todd West was convicted of capital murder in the March 28, 1997 shooting of 33-year-old Margaret Parrish Berry during a robbery in Etowah County; $250 was taken.
  • A jury convicted West and recommended death by a 10–2 vote; Etowah County Circuit Judge William Cardwell imposed the sentence in 1999.
  • West is scheduled to be executed by nitrogen gas at William C. Holman Correctional Facility; Alabama authorized nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method in 2018. West is 50 and has expressed remorse; the victim’s son publicly urged Governor Kay Ivey to commute the sentence.