Overview

• The Alabama Department of Corrections said West was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m. at William C. Holman Correctional Facility after nitrogen hypoxia was administered.
• Journalists in the chamber reported West appeared to gasp, rock his head and slightly foam at the mouth in the first minutes before becoming still.
• Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said the movements were largely involuntary and that the procedure went as expected under protocol.
• Gov. Kay Ivey declined to grant clemency despite a public plea from victim Margaret Parrish Berry’s son, and prison officials denied a requested meeting between the two citing security rules.
• In a statement relayed by his attorney, West apologized to the family and noted the son’s forgiveness; Alabama pioneered nitrogen executions in 2024, and the method has now been used seven times nationwide.