William Mark Mize executed Wednesday night

Jackson, Ga. — A Georgia man has been executed for the murder of a follower of his white supremacist group. William Mark Mize was put to death Wednesday by lethal injection at the state prison at Jackson.

The 52-year-old inmate was pronounced dead at 7:28 p.m. by authorities. Mize became the second person executed in Georgia this year.

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This undated photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows William Mark Mize, who was put to death for the 1994 murder of Eddie Tucker, a follower who failed to burn down what Mize considered to be a crack house in Athens.

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Mize was convicted of the October 1994 murder of Eddie Tucker, who was shot after he failed to follow orders to burn down what Mize considered to be a crack house in Athens. Prosecutors say Mize shot Tucker in the head with a shotgun after leading him into some woods.

Mize’s attorneys sought this week to block the execution. But an appeals court dismissed their appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court also rejected a request to stay the execution.