By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB Radio
The last words of Kelly Gissendaner, the last woman on Georgia's death row, were captured in dramatic audio.
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After several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, denied a series of last-minute, late-night appeals Tuesday, Gissendaner was executed by lethal injection early Wednesday for her role in the murder of her husband in 1997. The facts aren’t in dispute: she persuaded her lover, Gregory Owen, to kill her husband. Owen knocked him unconscious, then stabbed him in the neck with a knife repeatedly.
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Before her death, Gissendaner reportedly sang "Amazing Grace" and said the following:
"Tell the Gissendaner family I am so sorry that amazing man lost his life because of me. And if I could take it back – if this would change it – I would've done it a long time ago."
She added, "I just hope they find peace, and I hope they find some happiness. God bless you."
– The Cox Media Group National Content Desk contributed to this report
Cox Media Group
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