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Georgia attorney general, defense group clash over pandemic-era execution order

Georgia should be allowed to execute the longest-serving inmate on the state’s death row despite an agreement that capital cases would not move forward during the pandemic, a lawyer for the state argued Tuesday.

September 21, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
This image provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Virgil Presnell. The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison.

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Georgia appeals order staying execution set for Tuesday

The state of Georgia is appealing a judge’s ruling that stayed the execution of a man who killed an 8-year-old girl and raped her 10-year-old friend 46 years ago. Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. abducted and attacked the two girls as they walked home from school in Cobb County, just outside Atlanta, in May 1976.

May 17, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Activists holds posters against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, during a candlelight vigil gathering outside the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

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Singapore executes disabled Malaysian convicted in drug case

Supporters and lawyers of the man said he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled, and that the execution of a mentally ill person was prohibited under international human rights law.

April 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The sun sets behind Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala., on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Matthew Reeves, convicted of killing a man during a robbery in 1996.

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Alabama executed man after divided Supreme Court sided with the state

A poor reader, Matthew Reeves is intellectually disabled and wasn't capable of making a decision on the method of execution without assistance, his lawyers argued.

January 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended this month that Julius Jones' death sentence be commuted to<strong> </strong>life in prison with the possibility of parole.

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Okla. governor grants clemency to Julius Jones hours before he was set to be executed

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of Julius Jones after a public outcry. Jones, who maintains he was wrongly convicted of a 1999 murder, now faces life in prison without parole.

November 18, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Rachel Treisman
Donnie Cleveland Lance, 66, received a lethal injection at the state prison in Jackson on Wednesday.

State Of Georgia Executes First Inmate Of 2020

A Georgia man convicted of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend more than two decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the state’s...

January 30, 2020
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  • Associated Press
In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows death row inmate Donnie Cleveland Lance, who was convicted of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend more than 20 years ago.

Georgia Man Set To Be Executed For Killings Of 2 People

A Georgia man convicted of killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend more than two decades ago is scheduled to be executed Wednesday.

January 29, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Jimmy Fletcher Meders, 58, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Jan. 16 for the 1987 slaying in coastal Glynn County.

Brunswick Judge Denies DNA Test For Georgia Man Facing Execution

A judge refused Wednesday to order DNA tests on a gun used to kill a convenience store cashier more than 30 years ago, rejecting arguments from defense...

January 09, 2020
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  • Associated Press
Ray Jefferson Cromartie was convicted of malice murder and sentenced to die for the April 1994 slaying of Richard Slysz.

Georgia Sets Date For Third Execution This Year

The state is set to execute its third inmate this year.

October 17, 2019
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  • Sophia Saliby
Marion Wilson Jr. was convicted of murder in the 1996 slaying of an off-dut corrections officer.

Parole Board Denies Clemency To Man On Death Row

Georgia's parole board has denied clemency to a man set to be executed Thursday at the state prison in Jackson.

June 20, 2019
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  • Sophia Saliby
Marion Wilson Jr., 42, is set to die June 20 at the state prison in Jackson.

Georgia To Execute Man Later This Month For 1996 Killing

A man accused of killing an off-duty prison guard who had agreed to give him and another man a ride outside a Georgia Walmart store is scheduled to be...

June 05, 2019
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  • Associated Press
This undated file photo made available by the Georgia Department of Correction shows Scotty Garnell Morrow, who was put to death on Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Georgia Executes Death Row Inmate Scotty Morrow After 1994 Double Murder

The state of Georgia has executed a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and another woman nearly 25 years ago. Scotty Morrow was pronounced dead...

May 03, 2019
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  • Taylor Gantt
J.W. Ledford Jr. was put to death Tuesday, May 16, 2017, by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital.

Georgia Executes Man Who Killed Elderly Neighbor In 1992

Georgia on Wednesday carried out its first execution this year, putting to death a man convicted of killing his 73-year-old neighbor 25 years ago. J.W....

May 17, 2017
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  • Kate Brumback and
  • Associated Press
J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said in a news release Wednesday, April 26, 2017, that 45-year-old Ledford, a death row inmate convicted of killing a 73-year-old doctor, is scheduled to die May 16.

Lawyers Cite Troubled Past In Plea To Spare Inmate's Life

Lawyers for a Georgia inmate scheduled for execution next week are asking the state parole board to spare his life, citing a rough childhood, substance...

May 12, 2017
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  • Kate Brumback
From top to bottom and left to right, the eight men Georgia has executed in 2016 and William Sallie, bottom-right, whose execution is scheduled for Dec. 6.

Georgia's Capital Punishment Contradiction: More Executions, Fewer Death Sentences

Update 12/07/2016: The Supreme Court of Georgia and U.S. Supreme Court denied Sallie’s attorney’s requests for a stay of execution Tuesday. Sallie was...

December 07, 2016
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  • Sam Whitehead

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