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In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

J.W. Ledford executed in Georgia; first execution of the year there

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

May 16, 2017, Atlanta: Death penalty opponents protest the planned execution of J.W. Ledford for the 1992 murder of his elderly neighbor at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Atlanta. The execution would be Georgia's first of 2017. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia executes man who killed elderly neighbor in 1992

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Georgia carries out first execution of the year

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

The Latest: US Supreme Court denies stay of execution

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Lawyers cite troubled past in plea to spare inmate’s life

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

In this undated photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said in a news release Wednesday, April 26, 2017, that 45-year-old Ledford, a death row inmate convicted of killing a 73-year-old doctor, is scheduled to die May 16 at the state prison in Jackson, Ga. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Georgia sets execution for man convicted of killing doctor

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press