New execution date set for Alabama death row inmate who stopped nitrogen gas execution

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 499

Last Updated: 3 days, 5 hours ago

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Thursday set a September execution date for Jeffrey Lee, a death row inmate who successfully prevented the state from executing him by nitrogen gas in June.

Ivey said in a statement that Lee would be executed by lethal injection on Sept. 17. He was convicted of capital murder in the killings of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson during a robbery of a pawn shop in Orrville in 1998.

The move came …

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