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| Georgia woman apologized, sang before being executed |
| By cbsnews.com |
| Published: 10/01/2015 |
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JACKSON, Ga. - Prior to being executed early Wednesday morning at the state prison in Jackson, Georgia, Kelly Renee Gissendaner sobbed as she said she loved her children and apologized for the crime she was convicted of committing. She also addressed her lawyer, Susan Casey, who was present for the execution. "I just want to say God bless you all and I love you, Susan. You let my kids know I went out singing 'Amazing Grace,'" Gissendaner said. Gissendaner -- the only woman on Georgia's death row -- was the first woman put to death by the state in seven decades. She was pronounced dead by injection of pentobarbital at 12:21 a.m. She was convicted of murder in the February 1997 slaying of her husband after she conspired with her lover, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death. Read More. |
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