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Elvis impersonator and ex-wife murdered, killer executed
Jeffery Lee was executed in Alabama for the 1998 murder of Elvis impersonator Jimmy Ellis and his ex-wife Elaine Thompson during a pawn shop robbery. Despite a jury recommending life imprisonment, a judge overrode the decision and sentenced Lee to death through judicial override. Lee was executed by lethal injection shortly after a last-minute stay was denied, ending a nearly 30-year case that highlighted controversial sentencing practices and protests from advocates.
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