Perdue agrees with lethal injection

Georgia will become the first state to execute an inmate following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, which ruled that execution by lethal injection does not violate the U.S. Constitution. Fifty-three year old William Earl Lynd is scheduled to die tonight, for the 1988 death of his live-in girlfriend. Governor Sonny Perdue said today he agrees with the ruling from the nation's high court.

The Governor added that those who oppose to lethal injection seek to defeat the law's purpose and its intent. "I don't think they oughta be able to circumvent those in the majority who believe in capital punishment by declaring everything cruel and inhumane."

Earlier today, both the state Board of Pardons and Parole as well as the Georgia Supreme Court denied Lynd's request for clemency. Both decisions were unanimous.