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Kelly Gissendaner who was convicted of orchestrating her husband Douglas's murder in 1997, was executed at 12.21am Georgia time. She's the first woman to be executed in Georgia in over 70 years and her death followed numerous appeals, including one from the Pope.
Gregory Owen, who carried out the murder, struck a plea deal to avoid the death sentence.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34393027
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/kelly-gissendaner-execution-georgia.html?_r=0
Gregory Owen, who carried out the murder, struck a plea deal to avoid the death sentence.
Witnesses to the execution told local media that she sang Amazing Grace before being given a lethal injection.
"Bless you all," she was quoted as saying by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Tell the Gissendaners I am so, so sorry that an amazing man lost his life because of me. If I could take it all back, I would."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34393027
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/kelly-gissendaner-execution-georgia.html?_r=0