Alabama to execute man for 1997 store clerk murder

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Alabama is set to execute Geoffrey Todd West, convicted of a 1997 murder during a gas station robbery, using nitrogen gas, marking the state's latest use of this method. Despite pleas for clemency from the victim's family and forgiveness from the victim's son, the governor has upheld the law, and the execution is scheduled for Thursday night.
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