Jeffery Lee
Jeffery Lee, 49, was executed by lethal injection at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, on September 17, 2026, for the 1998 killings of two people during a pawnshop robbery. Sources describe him as a father of two who became a ministry leader and mentor to other men during more than 25 years on death row, and who spoke of his love for his family and the men with him in his final statement. His lawyers and advocates argued that his jury had voted 7-5 for life without parole and that the trial judge's override, which Alabama has since abolished, should not have produced a death sentence. Governor Kay Ivey's office declined to grant clemency, and courts rejected his challenges to the nitrogen gas method and the execution date.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His lawyers argued that the jury voted 7-5 for life without parole and that a judge overrode that verdict to impose death.
Reported by: Governor Kay Ivey's office; media witnesses.