Georgia Man Andrew DeYoung Executed For 1993 Killings

Jul 21, 2011 - 19:56
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Georgia Man Andrew DeYoung Executed For 1993 Killings
Andrew DeYoung

JACKSON, Ga. -- A man convicted in the 1993 killings of his parents and sister in suburban Atlanta has been executed after the courts allowed what would likely be the nation's first video-recorded execution in nearly two decades.

Andrew DeYoung was put to death by lethal injection Thursday night at the state prison in Jackson after courts tued down his appeals. The 37-year-old was pronounced dead at 8:04 p.m.

The execution was set for Wednesday but was pushed back a day as the state tried to block the video recording, which was requested by another death row inmate seeking evidence of problems with Georgia's reconfigured lethal injection procedure.

However, courts allowed the recording. A video camera was in place when the execution happened, but it wasn't immediately known whether the recording was done as planned.

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