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ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A Georgia man convicted of kidnapping and
killing
his girlfriend was executed Tuesday.
A Geogia official says executed killer William Earl Lynd did not make a
final statement.
1 of 2 William Earl Lynd was the first inmate to die by injection since
September, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the
three-drug combination represented cruel and unusual punishment.
The process began at 7:34 p.m. and ended 17 minutes later at 7:51 p.m.,
said
Paul Czachowski, public affairs manager for the Georgia Department of
Corrections. "The condemned declined to make a last statement or accept a
prayer; he remained quiet and calm throughout the whole procedure," he
said.
Lynd, 53, had requested as his last meal two pepper jack BBQ burgers with
crisp onions, two baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon and cheese and a
large strawberry milkshake -- all from a local restaurant.
The U.S. Supreme Court had refused to stay Lynd's execution hours earlier
Tuesday.
"The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to
Justice [Clarence] Thomas and by him referred to the court is denied," the
court said.
Georgia became the first state to resume executions since the court
validated the lethal injection process last month with a ruling in a
Kentucky case.
All but one of the 36 states with capital punishment use a three-drug
mixture: an anesthetic, a muscle paralyzer and a heart-stopping substance.
Death penalty opponents have argued that if inmates are not given enough
anesthetic, they could be conscious enough to suffer excruciating pain
without being able to express it because of the paralyzer.
The court's decision in the Kentucky case prompted about a dozen states to
announce they would resume executions. Watch a re****t on the decision »
On Monday, Texas officials said they plan to execute Mexican-born Jose
Medellin in August for the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls 15
years ago in Houston.
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By Andrew D. Todd
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