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Georgia halts execution for DNA testing

By cdw

The last execution of the year has been stayed.  Doug B. notes: This new piece from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which is headlined “Georgia Supreme Court halts Carlton Gary’s execution,” reports that the last execution scheduled for 2009 was put on hold this afternoon: The Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday halted the execution of the so-called Columbus stocking strangler, ordering a judge to consider Carlton Gary’s request for DNA testing.  The 5-2 ruling came four hours before Gary was to be executed by lethal injection…. Prosecutors said Gary sexually assaulted and attacked four other women during an eight-month period in 1977 and 1978.  The attacks terrified residents of the Wynnton neighborhood of Columbus...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).