Tag: DEATH PENALTY

The U.S. Supreme Court has officially barred the State of Alabama from carrying out the nitrogen hypoxia execution of Jeffery Lee, 49, after a down-to-the-wire decision upholding an earlier decision by a district court and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled late on Wednesday, upholding a lower court’s decision to block the Thursday nitrogen hypoxia execution of Jeffery James Lee, 49, who was sentenced for the 1998 murder of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson in an attempted robbery.

The State of Alabama has appealed a Tuesday decision by the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, which barred the State from conducting a planned Thursday execution by nitrogen hypoxia.

A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals approved a second hearing this week for an Alabama man slated to be executed on Thursday, who is arguing that death by firing squad would be his preferred method.

State Sen. Robert Stewart (D-Selma) joined anti-death penalty advocates who met in Montgomery today to plead with Gov. Kay Ivey to offer amnesty to  Jeffrey James Lee, 49, who is scheduled for execution on Thursday for the 1998 murder of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson in an attempted robbery.

The state has scheduled the nitrogen hypoxia execution of Jeffrey James Lee, 49, for the 1998 murder of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson in an attempted robbery, after the Supreme Court recently issued the order.

Attorney General Steve Marshall recently filed a 16-state coalition letter supporting a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that would streamline federal review of state capital murder convictions.

Gov. Kay Ivey has scheduled the nitrogen hypoxia execution of Jeffrey James Lee, 49, for the 1998 murder of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson in an attempted robbery. 

People do not get the death penalty because they did minor crimes. They get it for brutal and depraved murders of children, friends, relatives and strangers. It is in the state’s best interest to move these executions along. It is cruel to the victims’ families to wait 20+ years to see justice.

I will pray for Ivey, not to sway her will to my own – but that she may carry the sword of authority as a cross – with wisdom and fortitude to do God’s will as one so made in His image.

As the 2026 legislative session kicks off, State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) is working to ensure Alabama's youngest are properly protected from sexual predators with a transformative piece of legislation.

The death penalty is just war in microcosm. Men like Robinson have declared war on society and the common good, and it is the state’s role to suppress their sin by any means necessary for their own sake as well as for others.

The Alabama Supreme Court ordered the state’s execution of Geoffrey Todd West, who murdered a woman in 1997.

For the sake of our country – for Iryna Zarutska, Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle, and Charlie Kirk – for the murderers who took their innocent blood; we must demand of our governmental leaders: you shall put away the guilt of the innocents.

We must pray and act to do battle against the evil of child sexual abuse. Confronting and preventing these atrocities requires a full range of the legal tools available to the state.

On Thursday, Gov. Kay Ivey officially declared the 30-hour window for the Alabama Department of Corrections to execute Geoffrey Todd West, 49, using the highly criticized method of nitrogen hypoxia.

This week, a three-judge panel on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Michael Sockwell, 62, who was convicted of killing former Montgomery County Sheriff Isaiah Harris in 1988.

The Alabama Department of Corrections announced on Tuesday that it would proceed to carry out the nitrogen hypoxia execution of Gregory Hunt, who was convicted in 1990 of the rape and murder of a Walker County woman two years prior.

Gov. Kay Ivey has issued the timeframe for the nitrogen gas execution of Gregory Hunt, the man convicted of the 1990 rape and murder of a Walker County woman.

A man slated to be put to death on Thursday for the repeated rape and eventual murder of a Chilton County woman in 2010 is dropping all of his appeals ahead of his scheduled lethal injection, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.”

James Osgood, 55, was convicted of two counts of murder for the 2010 murder of Tracy Brown. The murder charges were made capital because it was committed during the course of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy.

Attorney General Steve Marshall harshly criticized Gov. Kay Ivey’s decision to commute the sentence of convicted murderer Robin “Rocky” Meyers, 63, on Friday without “directly” communicating with him or his office.

Governor Kay Ivey announced on Friday that she was commuting the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Meyers, 63, condemning him to life without parole, claiming she was insufficiently convinced of his guilt or innocence.

A bill by State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) permitting the death penalty for child sex offenders is heading to the Alabama Senate after clearing the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Alabama carried out its first execution of the year on Thursday evening, by putting Demetrius Frazier to death via nitrogen hypoxia for the 1991 rape and murder of a Birmingham woman.

The Alabama House Judiciary Committee handily approved legislation by State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) on Wednesday that would mandate life in prison or the death penalty for those convicted of first-degree rape or sodomy of a child 12 years of age and under.

Former senior aide to the newly-retired State Chief Justice has been hired by the state AG. He will work in capital murder cases.