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Narrative highlightsKelly Gissendaner was convicted of homicide for recruiting her lover to kill her husbandA representative of Pope Francis asked the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to spare her lifeAnother convicted killer who didn’t actually kill is scheduled to be executed Wednesday in OklahomaGissendaner was scheduled to die at 7 p.m. Tuesday, but her attorneys filed appeals to state and federal courts in her closing hours to try to spare her life.
“We decided to save her life, and they still denied us,” daughter Kayla Gissendaner said outside the state’s execution facility in Jackson.
Pope Francis weighed in While waiting for an answer from your board, a representative for Pope Francis sent a letter saying that the Pope needed the board to spare Gissendaner’s life.
“While not wanting to minimize the gravity of the crime for which Ms. Gissendaner has been convicted, and while sympathizing with the victims, I nevertheless implore you, in consideration of the reasons that have been presented to your Board, to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy,” the letter read. It wasn’t unclear whether the Vatican representative’s letter was seen by the board.
Douglas Gissendaner’s family: He’s the victimThe family of Gissendaner’s slain husband, Douglas, said they had faith in the legal system.
Gissendaner organized to have her husband killed by Greg Owen, who stabbed Doug Gissendaner in the neck and back.
Owen testified against Kelly Gissendaner as part of a plea bargain that got him a life sentence instead of death.