Clemency hearing set for Ga.'s only female death row inmate
By The Associated Press
Posted 6:00AM on Wednesday, February 11, 2015
ATLANTA (AP) The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a clemency hearing for the only female death row inmate in Georgia, who is set to be executed later this month. <br />
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The board said in a statement Tuesday that the clemency hearing for Kelly Renee Gissendaner will be held Feb. 24. Gissendaner is set to die Feb. 25 at the state prison in Jackson. <br />
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Gissendaner was convicted of plotting with her boyfriend, Gregory Owen, to kill her husband and collect on the couple's two life-insurance policies. Owen pleaded guilty and received a life prison sentence. <br />
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If the execution happens, Gissendaner will be the first woman executed in Georgia since 1945. <br />
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The Parole Board is the only entity in Georgia with the authority to reduce a death sentence to life without parole.