The state of Georgia on Wednesday delayed the execution of its only female death row inmate, ahead of a winter storm forecast to hit many areas with several inches of snow.
Kelly Renee Gissendaner, 46, had been scheduled for execution at 7 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson. The execution has been reset for Monday, according to a Department of Corrections statement.
The department didn’t give a reason in its statement. A winter storm was is forecast to hit parts of Georgia on Wednesday afternoon, closing schools and offices and prompting warnings about roads.
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The clemency petition also included a statement from Gissendaner, who apologized to her children and to the Gissendaner family.
“There are no excuses for what I did. I am fully responsible for my role in my husband’s murder,” she said. “I had become so self-centered and bitter about my life and who I had become, that I lost all judgment.”
