US EditionAlabama to execute man for 1997 shooting death of store clerk
Will Berry forgives his mother’s killer and urges Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to stop the execution after 26 years on death row for a 1997 gas station murder.
- Will Berry, whose mother was murdered at a gas station in 1997, asked Alabama's governor to halt the execution of the killer, Michael Jennings.
- Berry and Jennings exchanged letters, with Jennings expressing remorse and Berry offering forgiveness, but prison officials denied their request to meet.
- While some family members of murder victims criticize delays in executions, others like Berry have spoken out against the death penalty.
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Son of woman killed in 1997 gas station robbery asks Alabama to spare assailant set to be executed
The son of a woman shot and killed execution-style during a gas station holdup nearly three decades ago is asking Alabama to let the assailant on death row live just two days before his scheduled execution.
Son of murder victim asks Gov. Ivey to halt execution of man convicted of killing
Will Berry addresses a crowd gathered at the capitol on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 to publicly urge Gov. Kay Ivey to halt the execution for Geoffrey Todd West, the person who killed his mother, Margaret Parrish Berry. West is scheduled to be executed Thursday by nitrogen gas. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)The son of a Calhoun County woman murdered in 1997 urged Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday to stop Thursday’s planned execution of the man convicted o…
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Victim's son asks Alabama to stop execution of man who killed his mother in a gas station holdup
Alabama is scheduled to execute Geoffrey West on Thursday for the 1997 murder of Margaret Berry. Berry was killed during a gas station robbery. Berry's son has asked the state to not execute West and let him serve life in…
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