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| Georgia Conducts First Execution Since Supreme Court Ruling | ||
| 2008-05-07 | ||
| ATLANTA — A Georgia man has become the first inmate put to death since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of executions by lethal injection. Convicted killer William Earl Lynd was pronounced dead at 7:51 p.m., a state prisons official says. Lynd, 53, was convicted of kidnapping and shooting to death his 26-year-old girlfriend two days before Christmas in 1988.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Even though I was only 3 at the time (in GA), I humbly ask all Rantburgians to forgive me for the pock known as Jimmuh that Georgia gave this great nation. And, Barbara, I agree. I always think back about when "Sir" Charles Barkley (yes, the NBA star, who played at Auburn University) was running for Governor of Alabama (as a Democrat, but a "Southern" one). Someone from the press asked if he believed in the "electric chair". His response was telling. It went like this (paraphrasing here): "Electric chair (singular)? Heck, I believe in electric BLEACHERS!" |
| Posted by: BA 2008-05-07 11:52 |
| #3 "Those people who gave us Jimmy Carter should better ask we forgive them" GW Bush |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-05-07 11:26 |
| #2 Virginia's started scheduling them again, too. As far as I'm concerned, they should go back to using Ol' Sparkey. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-07 11:23 |
| #1 As a lifetime resident of GA (except for my college stint at Auburn, AL), let me be the first to say: Nee-ner, Nee-ner, Nee-ner! We're #1! Take that Texas! |
| Posted by: BA 2008-05-07 11:03 |