Alabama inmate who stopped nitrogen execution scheduled to die by lethal injection

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 926

Last Updated: 1 day, 7 hours ago

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The state of Alabama Thursday plans to execute a death row inmate amid clemency efforts by death penalty opponents, who cite a jury’s initial recommendation that he be sentenced to life without parole, a recommendation later overruled by a judge.

Jeffery Lee, 49, was convicted of the murders of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson during the robbery of a pawn shop in Orrville in 1998. A jury voted 7-5 to recommend Lee be sentenced to …

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