Ga. man executed, ending 7-month moratorium (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Wed, 05/07/2008 - 3:12am

This undated prison photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer William Earl Lynd.<br /><br />It's been nearly 20 years since Lynd shot his live-in girlfriend three times in the face, killing her and then burying her body in a shallow grave near a south Georgia farmhouse.<br /><br />He may at long last be put to death for the crime on Tuesday. His lawyers will first ask the state Board of Pardons and Parole on Monday to spare his life, arguing the crime was not premeditated and was fueled by a toxic mix of valium, marijuana and alcohol.<br /><br />If the execution moves forward as scheduled, it would be among the first in the nation since the U.S. Supreme Court said lethal injection was constitutional.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Georgia Department of Corrections)AP - A Georgia man who killed his live-in girlfriend was executed, the first inmate put to death since the U.S.

Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections.



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