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Alabama execution remains on hold to evaluate whether man is competent
Execution delayed as Alabama awaits psychiatric evaluation to determine competency of David Lee Roberts, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, before proceeding with nitrogen gas method.
- Amid a court-ordered evaluation, Alabama inmate David Lee Roberts’s Aug. 21, 2025, execution is on hold until a psychiatric report is completed.
- Amid mounting competency questions, Roberts is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, experiences psychosis and recent delusions, and has been floridly psychotic despite over 20 years of medication.
- Despite the jury’s recommendation, the judge overrode it and sentenced Roberts to death after he was convicted of capital murder and voted 7-5 for life.
- Amid the pending evaluation, the department states the report will not be completed by August 21, and all preparations are halted.
- In the broader US context, twenty-eight men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, the highest since 2015, with nine scheduled for death.
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Alabama execution stays on hold as officials complete court-ordered psychiatric evaluation
A judge last month stayed the Aug. 21 execution of David Lee Roberts until a mental evaluation could be conducted to see if Roberts is competent to be executed. The Alabama Department of Corrections said Friday that the report will not be completed by the scheduled Aug. 21 execution date.
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Alabama execution remains on hold to evaluate whether man is competent
The scheduled execution of an Alabama Death Row inmate will not proceed next week. The state is waiting for a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation.
Alabama Department of Corrections says it won’t fight stay of execution
David Lee Roberts, 59, was convicted of the 1992 murder of Aneetra Jones in 1992 and sentenced to death. The Alabama Department of Corrections has halted preparations for his scheduled execution pending the results of a pscyhological exam. (Alabama Department of Corrections)The Alabama Department of Corrections said Friday it will not challenge a stay of execution while a death row inmate’s mental competence is evaluated. Marion County Circuit J…
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