Overview

• West, 50, was convicted of the 1997 killing of gas station clerk Margaret Parrish Berry during a robbery and has spent more than 28 years on death row.
• The execution is scheduled for Thursday evening around 6 p.m. at William C. Holman Correctional Facility using nitrogen hypoxia, with no court stays reported.
• Will Berry, the victim’s son, delivered a clemency petition to Gov. Kay Ivey and publicly urged mercy, saying he forgives West.
• Berry and West exchanged letters, and Berry requested an in-person meeting that the prison system did not allow.
• Alabama’s nitrogen method faces active legal challenges in other cases, including Anthony Boyd’s federal suit, following a recent string of executions and a postponement for David Lee Roberts’ mental evaluation.