
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.

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.