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 method of execution.
A Marion County jury convicted Roberts of two counts of capital murder in December 1992.
According to court documents, Jones was sleeping at her boyfriend’s den, Wendell Satterfield, where Roberts was also staying. Roberts left his job and went to the Setterfield residence. He packed his belongings, stole money from Jones and shot her three times in the head using a rifle, then set the residence on fire.
The jury voted 7-5 to recommend Roberts be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge overruled the recommendation and sentenced him to death.
After an appeal, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals remanded the case back to the trial court to allow Roberts to present mitigating evidence in hopes of a reduced sentence. In a second penalty phase, the jury again recommended life in prison, and the trial judge again overrode the recommendation and imposed a death sentence.
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals eventually let stand the death sentence that the trial court imposed.
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Author: Ralph Chapoco