Victim’s son asks Alabama to stop execution of man who killed his mother in a gas station holdup
September 23, 2025
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 prison. The two exchanged letters ahead of West’s scheduled execution by nitrogen gas. The two have asked to meet, but prison officials declined the request. Gov. Kay Ivey indicated she does not plan to commute the death sentence. Ivey has commuted one death sentence. The Republican governor said she did so only because of questions about the person’s guilt.