Bad Weather Delays US Woman's Execution

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Bad Weather Delays US Woman's Execution
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: February 26, 2015 08:12 IST

Washington: The execution on Wednesday of a woman in the US state of Georgia was put off for several days because of a winter storm and "associated scheduling issues," authorities said.

Kelly Gissendaner, 46, had been set to die by lethal injection at 7:00 pm local time at a prison in Jackson, south of Atlanta, becoming the first woman to be executed in Georgia in 70 years. Her execution was delayed until the same time on Monday.

Gissendaner was sentenced to death for the 1997 killing of her husband, from whom she had separated several times and even divorced before remarrying.

She recruited her lover to carry out the murder and claim her husband's life insurance. The boyfriend pleaded guilty and testified against her. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.




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[NaturalHigh]

1. Maybe it's a sign from God.

Call off the execution and let her live out her days in prison with no possibility of parole.

[Helen Borg]

4. Nah, only a sign of good when it's against gays.

[7962]

2. Don't really support this one. The actual trigger man should be getting it.

Sure, she should be in jail, but she didnt actually kill anyone.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Agree.

[valerief]

6. Yes, but she's only a woman, ergo, more expendable. In Georgia, anyway. nt

[7962]

10. Yeah, thats how come so many female killers are executed in GA. Oh wait, they're NOT.

[valerief]

12. The scarcity of female killers has nothing do with the plethora of hate for females. nt

[7962]

18. Thats the POINT, there isn't a scarcity of female killers. But they rarely get the DP.

If you were correct, we'd be lining them up to be executed. As it is now, in Ga they usually get more leeway BECAUSE they're female.

[valerief]

19. Uh, haven't you noticed the killer gender gap? This study has women killers at < 15%.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1635092

Unless you're some kind of anti-abortion kook, which I think you are, so you're going on my Ignore list now.

[7962]

20. Your "ignore" list must be a long one if you get in a tizzy over non-existent issues.

Where did abortion get mentioned? And when did I ever say I was against it?
Ga has ONE woman on death row. ONE. So how does that square up with your ridiculous theory?

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Neither should get it...

the death penalty is not about justice- it is about retribution.

[FLPanhandle]

13. I not against the Death Penalty per se

But this case I, also, disagree with.

A pedophile raping and killing children...execute the fucker.

This is more of a life without parole case.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

15. I do not support the death penalty, but it looks like she is just as guilty as the trigger man.

Both should spend the rest of their lives in jail.

[quadrature]

17. both seem headed to spend the rest of their life in jail....nt

[dembotoz]

5. i am sure this will be much more godly than a beheading

[DeSwiss]

7. Death takes a Snow Day?

- I'm fairly certain that the future excavations of ''our period'' will be seen as the precursor that led to our specie's eventual demise.

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[freshwest]

8. Can't help but wonder if the meal deal is still on:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/meal-end-meals-death-row-5191682

What in the world ever brought those two to marry and divorce and marry again, and all that happened afterward, we'll never know.

If a professional knew the history, they could write a book with a title like:

'Destroying Your Life'

Because 3 lives were ruined, not even counting other family members.

[7962]

11. Definitely. nt

[Judi Lynn]

14. What is an execution, after all, if you can't mock the prisoner's appearance? n/t

[freshwest]

16. I'm not mocking anyone's appearance, their life or death. The meal was planned for the 19th.

Some states are balking at the last meal, and if I sounded flip, I did not mean what you are accusing me. You are projecting here and it says more about you than me.

How do you know I don't have family members that look like her? How do you know whether I like fast food or not myself?

I picked the first image that referred to her execution from google, as it also has the picture of her husband. I don't have a problem with her looks, I know a lot of people who look like she does in that photo. Are you saying people should find her tworth mocking?

The question came to mind if the State of Georgia would continue to discriminate against her, as some could easily make a case for that. It looks as if she treated unfairly. For goodness sakes, the woman is only 48 years old, and look what her life has been. Georgia just can't wait to kill her.

Did she get the meal then, or get the meal later? Will they deny her last request, as pitiful as it is, after years of being locked away like that? Will they deny her one last lousy meal?

And none of the stories I googled said WHY she did this. Was there abuse involved, even though that is not an excuse for murder. Something was definitely going on between this couple. Also there was no mention of children, but then, stories are getting shortened.

More importantly, why do they need to execute her anyway, as her life has been nothing but hell, misery and confusion?

If I was you I'd focus on the very sad story this is, rather than appearance. Earlier photos I found, were from the trial, if you care about her looks. She was much younger and smaller then. Now she has spent years in prison, which is bad for anyone's health.

As far as I'm concerned, she should get that last meal. After all, they are taking her life from her.