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Georgia carries out first US execution in seven months
May 7, 2008, 1:32 GMT
Washington - The south-eastern state of Georgia executed William Earl Lynd late Tuesday, the first use of the death penalty in the United States in more than seven months.
The execution came after the US Supreme Court last month upheld the right of states to use lethal injection, which opponents argued was unconstitutional and amounted to 'cruel and unusual punishment.'
A last-minute clemency request for the 53-year-old Lynd, convicted of killing his girlfriend and another woman in 1988, was denied Monday by Georgia's Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Lynd was declared dead at 7:51 pm (2351 GMT) Tuesday, 21 minutes after the lethal injection process began, the Atlanta Journal- Constitution reported on its website.
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