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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Convicted murderer Osborne put to death

The state went through with its second execution in a month last night, as convicted murderer Curtis Osborne was put to death. The execution was delayed by two hours as the U.S. Supreme Court considered an appeal. There was also difficulty in the execution process, as prison officials had trouble finding a vein to administer the lethal injection cocktail. Osborne was pronounced dead at 9:05pm. Earlier in the day Wednesday, Georgia's Supreme Court refused to halt the execution.

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