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Parole board denies clemency to Cobb killer

By Bill Rankin
July 20, 2011

The State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday rejected a clemency request by Andrew Grant DeYoung, who is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday.

Also Monday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington weighed a request by DeYoung's lawyers for a stay of execution to allow a lawsuit to proceed against the Department of Corrections. It alleges DOC failed to follow proper procedure when it changed lethal-injection drugs in May. DeYoung sits on death row for killing his parents and 14-year-old sister at their northeast Cobb home in 1993.

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Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. His father, Jim Rankin, worked as an editor for the newspaper for 26 years, retiring in 1986. Bill has primarily covered the state’s court system, doing all he can do to keep the scales of justice on an even keel. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspaper’s Breakdown podcast.

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