A woman on Georgia's death row could be executed as early as September 29 and now religious leaders have joined her fight.
Kelly Renee Gissendaner is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, September 29 for killing her husband in 1997.
Her children have released a video, asking for mercy in the case.
The children said their mom has become a caring mother since she has been incarcerated
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A court has set a seven-day execution window for Gissendaner, who is Georgia's only female death row inmate. Her execution was halted in March because of a problem with the lethal injection drug.
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said in a news release that a Gwinnett County Superior Court judge issued an order September 19, saying Gissendaner may be executed between 12 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 12 p.m. on Oct. 6.
Gissendaner was scheduled for execution at 7 p.m. March 2. Corrections officials told reporters about 11 p.m. that they were postponing the execution "out of an abundance of caution" because the lethal injection drug appeared "cloudy."
Gissendaner was convicted of murder in the February 1997 slaying of her husband. Prosecutors said she conspired with her lover, who stabbed Douglas Gissendaner to death.
Local religious leaders will fight the scheduled execution of Gissendaner on Wednesday. They are hoping that the parole board will change her sentence to life in prison.
Source: WTOC news, September 23, 2015
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Standing with Kelly Gisendaner;
This is a message from Mercy Junction. I called. Would you? You could save a precious life...
Mercy Junction Justice and Peace Center is asking that YOU call the Georgia Parole and Pardons Board TODAY and ask that they STOP the state-sanctioned murder of Kelly Gisendaner.
PLEASE CALL: Georgia Parole and Pardons, (404) 656-4661 OR EMAIL: Clemency_Info@pap.state.ga.us
WHAT TO SAY: I am calling regarding the impending execution of Kelly Gisendaner by the state of Georgia. The Parole and Pardons Board has the power to stop the execution from being carried out. Kelly's children are begging for their mother's life. Kelly is the example of remorse and rehabilitation. If there has ever been a case for clemency, a case in which the wisdom of the Board should stop the actions of the state, Kelly's is that case.
STATEMENT FROM MERCY JUNCTION:
Mercy Junction Justice and Peace Center appeals to the Georgia Parole and Pardons Board to grant a clemency hearing and commute Kelly Gisendaner's death sentence. Mercy Junction strongly opposes the state-sanctioned killing of Kelly for multiple reasons, and especially because of our faith in another who was executed by the state, Jesus Christ.
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