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US set for first execution since end of moratorium
Georgia is set to execute a convicted murderer on Tuesday, the first US inmate to be put to death since the Supreme Court called for an end to capital punishment last month.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:37 May 6, 2008
Atlanta: Georgia is set to execute a convicted murderer on Tuesday, the first US inmate to be put to death since the Supreme Court called for an end to capital punishment last month.
William Earl Lynd is due to die by lethal injection at a prison in Jackson, central Georgia, at 7pm for shooting his girlfriend Ginger Moore three times in the head and face in 1988.
Lynd buried his victim in a shallow grave near Tifton, south Georgia.
Campaigners who oppose the death penalty say they plan demonstrations in five cities in Georgia at the time of the execution, as well as outside the prison.
Lynd's lawyers have appealed to the state's Supreme Court for a stay of execution, arguing that experts who described the murder scene in court exaggerated what they saw.
The court was not expected to rule on the stay before Tuesday afternoon, according to court spokeswoman Jane Hansen.
Lynd has requested a last meal of two pepper jack barbecue burgers with crispy onions, two baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon and cheese, and a large strawberry milkshake, prison authorities said.
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