Alabama executes Michael Shannon Taylor for the 1991 murder of a couple in Gadsden

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: November 6, 2026

Words: 671

Last Updated: 3 days, 18 hours ago

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The state of Alabama executed Michael Shannon Taylor, 54, Thursday for the 1991 murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore in Gadsden.

Taylor did not make a final statement.

Taylor’s execution was the third in Alabama this year. Jeremy Tremaine Williams was executed in August and Jeffery Lee in September, both by lethal injection.

Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentences of Charles “Sonny” Burton in March and Toforest Johnson in …

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