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Execution Date Set for Alabama Man Convicted in 1992 Marion County Murder
- Governor Kay Ivey has scheduled David Lee Roberts, 59, to be executed within a 30-hour window beginning at midnight on August 21, 2025, in Alabama.
- Roberts was convicted in 1992 of capital murder for the shooting death of Annetra Jones and sent to death row in 1994 after a judge overrode a jury's 7-5 life sentence recommendation.
- Roberts fired a.22-caliber rifle at Jones multiple times in the head while she was asleep, took money from her, set the residence ablaze, and subsequently admitted to committing these acts.
- Roberts has been identified by a medical professional as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, and his attorney has sought a mental health assessment, claiming he is likely unfit to be executed, while state officials maintain that he remains mentally aware and competent.
- If carried out, Roberts’ execution will use nitrogen gas, an alternative method Alabama introduced last year, marking potentially the seventh U.S. execution by this means and highlighting ongoing debates about this method.
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Gov. Kay Ivey sets execution date for David Lee Roberts
David Lee Roberts, 59, was convicted of the 1992 murder of Aneetra Jones in 1992 and sentenced to death. (Alabama Department of Corrections)Gov. Kay Ivey set an August execution date for David Lee Roberts, who was convicted of the murder of Annetra Jones in Marion County in April 1992. Roberts, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Aug. 21 by nitrogen gas. He is the fourth person the state will put to death this year and the third using that metho…
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