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Georgia Set to Put Condemned Prisoner Robert Earl Butts Jr. to Death

HeadlineMay 04, 2018

The state of Georgia is set to execute condemned prisoner Robert Earl Butts Jr. tonight. Earlier this week Georgia’s parole board issued a 90-day stay to examine his case, but then, 18 hours later, the board lifted its own stay. Butts will become the 1,475th person to be executed in the United States since 1976.

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