US EditionAlabama executes man with nitrogen gas for 1997 shooting death of store clerk
West was executed by nitrogen hypoxia at age 50 for a 1997 gas station murder that left a mother of two dead, with 33 executions nationwide so far this year, officials said.
- Alabama is set to execute Geoffrey Todd West for the 1997 murder of a gas station clerk and theft of $250.
- West will be executed by inhaling nitrogen gas around 6 p.m. at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.
- Nitrogen gas is a method of execution first used in Alabama in January 2024.
- The prison system denied requests for West and an individual named Berry to meet in person, citing security regulations.
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One sentenced to death was killed with nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday, while another received the lethal injection in Texas, bringing to 33 executions carried out in the United States in 2025. Geoffrey West, 50, received the death penalty for the murder in 1997 of Margaret Berry, 33 years old and mother of two children, during a robbery in the city of Attalla. “I’m sorry (...) I have apologized privately to Margaret Berry’s family and I am …
Death row inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia Sept. 25 - The Atmore Advance
A death row inmate was executed by nitrogen hypoxia Sept. 25 at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility just outside Atmore, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Geoffrey T. West was pronounced deceased by a physician at 6:22 p.m. on Thursday. According to ADOC officials, West had eight visitors and two phone calls on Wednesday. Then, on the day of his execution, he had eight visitors, no phone calls, refused his breakfast, lu…
Alabama carries out fourth execution of 2025, despite wishes of victim’s son
On Thursday afternoon, the Alabama Department of Corrections executed Geoffrey Todd West, who was convicted for the 1997 murder of Margaret Parrish Berry during an armed robbery of a convenience store. West was executed using nitrogen gas, an execution method first used in both Alabama and the nation in January of 2024. Kim Chandler reported for the Associated Press that West declined to make any last remarks and was pronounced dead approximatel…
Death Row murderer dies 'foaming at the mouth' in brutal nitrogen gas execution - The Mirror
Geoffrey Todd West, 50, was executed by poisonous gas this week in Alabama for murdering a woman in 1997 - despite the victim's family pleading for his life to be saved
September 25, 2025 – BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – Agencies. Alabama carried out its fourth execution of the year after Geoffrey West, 50, was executed with nitrogen gas. West was convicted for the murder of Margaret Berry in 1997 in Etowah County. Berry worked as an employee at a gas station the night West stole it. West’s execution for nitrogen hypoxia lasted about 15 minutes, according to ADOC commissioner John Hamm. Governor Kay Ivey and Attorney Ge…
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