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Georgia death row inmate executed

A man in the US state of Georgia is the first convict to be executed since lethal injection was ruled constitutional.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/a...cas/7386863.stm

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I am glad that they have decided that lethal injection was constitutional. We have a few others that need to be taken from the gene pool.

Georgia Death Penalty History & Civil Business Politics

A Georgia man became the first inmate in the United States to be put to death since the botched execution of an Oklahoma man in April.

Marcus A. Wellons, 59, was declared dead at 11:56 p.m. Tuesday at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The newspaper was one of the media witnesses to the execution. Ref. CNN

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Georgia executes man, who had claimed mental disability, for 1995 killing of sheriff's deputy

Georgia inmate Robert Wayne Holsey was executed Tuesday night from the killing of sheriff's deputy Will Robinson after a 1995 convenience store robbery. The Supreme Court refused to block Holsey's execution after his attorneys argued that the state's strict standards for determining intellectual disability violated his constitutional rights. Ref. USAToday

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Kelly Renee Gissendaner's execution has been postponed because the drugs that were supposed to be used "Appeared cloudy," The Georgia Department of Corrections said Monday night. Ref. CNN

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Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner has been executed for the murder of her husband in 1997, the state says. She is the first woman Georgia has executed in 70 years. Ref. CNN

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Georgia executes inmate who had attempted suicide
Original Post Date: 28th Sep, 2010 - 6:02pm

I wonder why he tried to kill himself if he knew he would be put to death anyways?