After execution, Georgia already planning for the next one

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Source: Associated Press

After execution, Georgia already planning for the next one

Kate Brumback, Associated Press

Updated 4:01 pm, Wednesday, February 3, 2016

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — After carrying out the execution of its oldest death row inmate this week, Georgia is already preparing for the next lethal injection.

In two weeks, Travis Hittson, 45, is scheduled to die for the April 1992 killing of Conway Utterbeck, who was hit with a metal bat while he was sleeping, shot and dismembered, his remains buried in two places. The two were Navy sailors stationed in Pensacola, Florida, at the time of the killing. Another sailor was also convicted in the killing and reached a plea deal for a life sentence.

More executions could be quick to follow. Georgia currently has at least three other death row inmates eligible for execution, meaning all of their standard appeals have been exhausted.

On Wednesday, Brandon Astor Jones was pronounced dead at 12:46 a.m. (5:46 GMT) after an injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital. He was convicted in the 1979 shooting death of suburban Atlanta convenience store manager Roger Tackett during a robbery.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Georgia-executes-its-oldest-death-row-inmate-age-6803175.php

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1. I remember that case. The facts of that murder are horrific.

Happened not far from where I lived at the time. Hard to believe its been 24 yrs ago.
Realtors selling homes on that street have to disclose this crime it was so bad.
Ridiculous that its taken this long. There's never been any question of guilt

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2. However, since people kill just as gruesomely and get out of jail after a few decades,

all the time in America, the death penalty is meted out very unfairly.

Every state when they execute someone has someone in that state that committed an equally atrocious murder and didn't face the death penalty at any time during their trial.

That he's black is par for the course, as blacks are way over represented on death row.

Notice the other man convicted of the killing got a plea deal and will live?

That is why we need to end the death penalty. Severely unfairly meted out. Over 100 people have been exonerated from death row now, too.

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3. No, he's not black. He's white.

Maybe you're thinking about the one from last night; he was black. The one the OP title is talking about is white. And whites are also the majority executed by a large margin. Unless you're talking about population representation; in which case you also have to look at their representation in the commission of violent crimes.
You're right, there are some who get life for equally bad crimes. They oughta get the needle too. However, I dont think the DP should be sought unless its a "red handed" type case where there is NO doubt. Not "reasonable" doubt, NO doubt. OJ vs Gacy. I think both are guilty, but Gacy was caught red handed. Does away with the conviction of an innocent. There are plenty of cases like that.

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4. Well that's embarrassing...

Keep going though.... Why stop a good rant?

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5. I was talking about the one for last night who was black, and nothing embarassing at all

about pointing out that blacks are more likely to get it per capita than whites.

I'd be embarrassed if I showed up on a Liberal site and supported the Death penalty with all the information out there on it.