Overview

• Governor Kay Ivey set Sept. 25, 2025, as the date for West’s execution by nitrogen gas under the state’s new protocol.
• West, now 49, was convicted of capital murder for the 1997 killing of convenience store clerk Margaret Parrish Berry during a robbery at Harold’s Chevron in Attalla.
• Prosecutors say West forced Berry behind the counter and shot her execution-style in the back of the head after planning the heist at the store where he once worked.
• An Etowah County jury voted 10–2 in 1999 to recommend a death sentence and Circuit Judge William Cardwell adopted that recommendation.
• West opted for nitrogen hypoxia before Alabama finalized procedural guidelines, joining several inmates who selected the option after legislative approval.