Alabama executes man by nitrogen gas in 1997 killing
Geoffrey Todd West, 50, was executed Thursday at William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama by nitrogen hypoxia for the 1997 execution‑style killing of convenience‑store clerk Margaret Parrish Berry. The execution proceeded after Gov. Kay Ivey declined clemency; West apologized to the victim's family, who had urged mercy, and prison officials pronounced him dead after the procedure.
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Alabama man convicted of killing store clerk in 1997 is executed by nitrogen gas
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- Defendant: Geoffrey Todd West, age 50; execution method: nitrogen hypoxia at William C. Holman Correctional Facility
- Victim: Margaret Parrish Berry, shot March 28, 1997 during a Harold's Chevron robbery; $250 taken from a cookie can
- Officials/details: Gov. Kay Ivey declined clemency; jury originally recommended death by 10–2 vote; execution began ~5:56 p.m. and pronouncement at 6:22 p.m. on Sept. 25, 2025