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January 14, 2015

Georgia Executes Vietnam Vet; Oklahoma to Attempt 1st Lethal Injection Since Botched Killing 
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Georgia has carried out the nation's first execution of 2015. On
Tuesday, 66-year-old Army veteran Andrew Brannan was killed by lethal
injection for the 1998 murder of a sheriff's deputy. Defense attorneys
had unsuccessfully sought clemency by arguing Brannan's jury was never
fully informed of his severe physical and mental damage from serving in
the Vietnam War, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Oklahoma is
set to be the next state to carry out an execution on Thursday. It will
be the first time Oklahoma attempts to kill a prisoner since botching a
lethal injection in April.

 

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