Seven-day execution window set for Georgia's only woman on death row

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Seven-day execution window set for Georgia's only woman on death row

Associated Press
Saturday 19 September 2015 15.09 BST

A court on Friday set a seven-day execution window for Georgia’s only female death row inmate, whose execution was halted in March because of a problem with the lethal injection drug.

A Gwinnett County superior court judge issued an order Friday saying Kelly Renee Gissendaner may be executed between noon on 29 September and noon on 6 October, attorney general Sam Olens said in a news release.

Gissendaner would be the first woman executed by the state in 70 years. She was convicted of murder in the February 1997 slaying of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner. Prosecutors said she conspired with her lover, Gregory Owen, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death. Owen is serving a life sentence.

State officials on 2 March called off the scheduled execution of Kelly Renee Gissendaner “out of an abundance of caution”, saying the lethal injection drug they intended to use appeared “cloudy.” Corrections officials temporarily suspended executions in the state until a drug analysis could be done.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/19/execution-date-set-georgia-woman-death-row-kelly-renee-gissendaner

[HassleCat]

1. Perfect example

She gets the needle because she's the conniving bitch who forced the poor, trusting boyfriend to kill the husband. Was this the result of a trial or a soap opera?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I'll never understand the death penalty. Never.

The rigid, formalized process of the state actively killing someone, even a deeply flawed person, is just mind boggling.

[Holly_Hobby]

3. It's inhumane n/t

[Contrary1]

4. "...Gissendaner should not be put to death until a judge determines her rights won’t be violated."