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Alabama Executes Jeffery Lee After Supreme Court Denies Stay

By Drooid · Sep 18, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC · How we work

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Alabama executed Jeffery Lee by lethal injection on Sept. 17, 2026.
It was Alabama’s second execution and the 27th U.S. execution in 2026.
Lee was convicted of the Dec. 12, 1998 robbery that killed Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson.
A June 2026 judge barred Alabama’s nitrogen-gas method as cruel and unusual punishment.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Lee’s stay request on the execution day.

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Alabama executed Jeffery Lee by lethal injection on Sept. 17, 2026.
It was Alabama’s second execution and the 27th U.S. execution in 2026.
Lee was convicted of the Dec. 12, 1998 robbery that killed Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson.
A June 2026 judge barred Alabama’s nitrogen-gas method as cruel and unusual punishment.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Lee’s stay request on the execution day.