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| Georgia scheduled to execute man for murdering sister-in-law |
| By reuters.com- David Beasley |
| Published: 09/26/2017 |
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ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia is scheduled on Tuesday to execute a man for the 1990 shotgun murder of his sister-in-law, as lawyers for the inmate argue the lethal injection should be halted because his conviction was tainted by a juror with racist views. Keith Tharpe, 59, who is black, is due to be executed at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Jackson for murdering Jackie Freeman, the sister of his wife, Migrisus Tharpe. The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied a request to stop the execution after lawyers for Tharpe said a white juror in the case “possessed profoundly racist views” and repeatedly used racial slurs during deliberations to describe Tharpe. Read More. |
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