Georgia Sets Death Window For Albany Man
Georgia has set an execution window for a condemned Albany man one day after Troy Davis was put to death.
Georgia Attorney General's spokeswoman Lauren Kane said Thursday that a judge has signed a warrant for Marcus Ray Johnson's execution.
Johnson was convicted of the 1994 slaying of Angela Sizemore. Her body was found in East Albany in her truck with 41 stab wounds hours after the two were seen together leaving an Albany bar named Fundamentals.
Prosecutors said Johnson tortured, raped, and stabbed Sizemore.
He has said in appeals that his trial lawyers were ineffective because they failed to bring up evidence of his childhood struggles, including his father's abandonment of him when he was 15.
Davis was executed late Wednesday. Davis' claims of innocence had drawn worldwide attention.
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