Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years

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By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row early on Wednesday, marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman, a prison official said. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, a prison spokeswoman said. Gissendaner was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for her role in plotting the killing of her husband in 1997.

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