Kelly Renee Gissendaner

Lawyers for the only woman on Georgia's death row are asking the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider her request to have her sentence changed to life in prison.

Kelly Renee Gissendaner is set for execution at 7 p.m. Monday at the state prison in Jackson. Gissendaner was convicted of murder in the February 1997 stabbing death of her husband. Prosecutors said she plotted his death with her boyfriend, Gregory Owen.

Gissendaner's lawyers note that during a clemency hearing last week, the parole board heard from many people testifying about Gissendaner's faith and remorse.

Read the appeals from Gissendaner's children and a former warden in the blog post "Behind The Plea For Death Penalty Clemency For Kelly Gissendaner.

But, her lawyers argue, the board did not hear from many Department of Corrections employees whose perspective "would have left no doubt that a grant of clemency is supported in this case." Those employees, Gissendaner's lawyers say, were hesitant to testify.

Sunday night, supporters of Gissendaner held a vigil in Decatur, saying she is a changed woman and should not be executed.

Meanwhile, the state has scheduled another execution on March 10 for a 46 year old man. Brian Keith Terrell is on death row for the murder of John Watson of Covington in 1992.

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