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This undated photo provided by The Georgia Department of Corrections shows Marion Wilson Jr. Wilson, convicted of killing an off-duty prison guard in Georgia more than two decades ago, is scheduled for execution later this month. State Attorney General Chris Carr announced in a news release Wednesday, June 5, 2019, that Wilson is scheduled to die on June 20 at the state prison in Jackson, Ga. Wilson and Robert Earl Butts Jr. were convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the March 1996 slaying of Donovan Corey Parks. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

The Latest: Man at execution: ‘I ain’t never took a life’

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This undated, file image provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Robert Butts Jr., who is convicted of robbing and killing an off-duty prison guard. A trial witness has acknowledged giving false testimony that Butts confessed to being the triggerman in a 1996 shotgun slaying for which he is to be executed this week, the inmate's attorneys said in court documents Tuesday, May 1. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP, File)

Board grants stay of execution for condemned Georgia inmate

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Lawyers: Inmate set for execution should be resentenced

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Robert Earl Butts Jr., who is convicted of robbing and killing an off-duty prison guard. Butts is set to be the second inmate executed in Georgia this year. State Attorney General Chris Carr announced Monday, APril 16, 2018, that 40-year-old Butts Jr. is scheduled to die on May 3 at the state prison in Jackson. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Man convicted in 1996 killing in Georgia set to be executed

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press