| The man who had been on Georgia's death
row for 33 years has been executed for killing his wife in 1974.
Jack Alderman was pronounced dead at 7:25 p.m. at the state
prison in Jackson.
The 57-year-old Alderman kept his eyes closed through the
lethal injection process and declined to make a final statement.
Alderman accepted a prayer from a priest in the death chamber.
Alderman muttered a reply that could not be heard by witnesses.
He had refused a sedative and prison officials say he barely
touched his last meal. He recorded a statement in which he thanked
family for remaining supportive.
Alderman was calm throughout the 14-minute procedure.
Outside the prison, about 20 death penalty opponents gathered
quietly with signs.
Alderman was sentenced to die for killing his wife, Barbara. He
and an accomplice beat her with a crescent wrench and choked her
at their home near Savannah before dumping her body in a creek.
Prosecutors alleged he wanted to collect $20,000 in life insurance
money.
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