[CNN] A jury voted for Jeffery Lee to receive a life sentence. Alabama plans

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📌 标题:A jury voted for Jeffery Lee to receive a life sentence. Alabama plans to execute him anyway

📅 发布时间:Updated Jun 9, 2026, 5:00 AM ET

📝 英文原文:
SummaryA jury voted 7-5 for Jeffery Lee to receive life in prison for a 1998 double-murder and attempted murder.A judge overturned that recommendation and sentenced him to death through a now-abolished practice called judicial override.Lee faces execution by nitrogen gas Thursday despite Alabama repealing judicial override in 2017 for future cases.AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.The Alabama jury in Jeffery Lee’s trial spent several days listening to evidence and contemplating whether he should live or die.One juror who spoke to CNN was among the 7-5 majority that voted for the then 21-year-old to be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the 1998 murders of Jimmy Ellis and Elaine Thompson and the attempted murder of Helen King.When the juror later learned a judge had overturned the recommendation and sentenced Lee to death, it felt devastating, the juror said.“That was my first time realizing that I had wasted my time serving on a jury,” said the juror, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution.Almost 30 years later, Lee facesexecution by nitrogen gasThursday despite the fact the jury at his trial voted for life. The judge overturned the jury’s vote under a since-abolished procedure called judicial override, where a judge could override a jury’s sentencing recommendation. Alabama repealed the practice in 2017 for all future cases.Having exhausted all other appeals, his lawyers have asked Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to grant him clemency and honor the jury’s original decision. Lee has also challenged the constitutionality of his execution method – an appeal still under consideration by the courts.Ivey “plans to move forward with the execution,” a spokesperson for the governor told CNN.Lee is one of 27 people in Alabama who still face the death penalty due to judicial override, said MiAngel Cody, one of Lee’s lawyers.In their clemency petition, Lee’s defense team asked Ivey “to finish the work she started,” and dismantle judicial ove

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
摘要 陪审团以 7 比 5 的投票结果判定杰弗里·李 (Jeffery Lee) 因 1998 年的双重谋杀和谋杀未遂罪被判处终身监禁。一名法官推翻了这一建议,并通过一种现已废除的司法推翻做法判处他死刑。尽管阿拉巴马州在 2017 年废除了未来案件的司法推翻,但李周四仍面临氮气处决。人工智能生成的摘要由 CNN 编辑审查。阿拉巴马州陪审团在杰弗里·李 (Jeffery Lee) 的审判中花了几天时间聆听证据和思考



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