It seems a woman on death row in the state of georgia is about out of options. She was sentenced to death for convincing her lover to murder her husband. The u. S. Supreme court denied a last ditch stay of execution. Martin savage has been following the story and joins us live from atlanta. Just spring us up to speed with where things stand right now. Is she out of options . Does she have any more chances of reprieve on the state level . Just help us on where things stand . Yeah, they got thereon a number of different legal hurdles and also gone for the georgia parole board. There are very few options left. I wont say none. As long as shes alive her lawyers are going to hope theres some last ditch effort. First of all, they had to go through the parole and pardons board of georgia. There was a hearing held in the state. It lasted for a number of hours. There was system given, even by her own children. They said dont give her death, give her life in prison. That did not happen. That set
Woman scheduled to be executed this evening. Francis said there should be justice, but mercy as well. In the end though, his plea was rejected. Here is Mark Strassmann. Last minute, last ditch appeals has put the execution on hold. In 1998 a jury convicted the now47yearold Kelly Gissendaner of plotting the murder of her husband, douglas. Gregory owens, her lover, pleaded guilty to the stabbing death and received a life sentence. But the mother of three went to trial and got the Death Penalty. Through a representative, pope francis wrote to georgias board of pardons and paroles today, asking that gissendaners life be spared. That letter came after the pontiff addressed a joint meeting of Congress Last thursday, pleading for an end to the Death Penalty. Reporter todays letter on behalf of the pope read in part, while not wishing to minimize the gravity of the crime, i nonetheless implore you to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy. Atlanta archbish
We ui now know it was four russian war planes that flew and bombed targets near homs in central western syria. Why is this a significant area . Because this is not an area why isis generally operates. This is an area where anti Regime Forces operate. Trying to bring down Bashar Al Assad, this leader russia wants to keep in power. This is not what the u. S. Wanted to see happen. It all began earlier today in baghdad when a russian general went to the u. S. Embassy, according to several u. S. Officials this russian general read a statement telling the u. S. Military that russian air strikes would begin within one hour of them being notified at that time. And in fact it was just shortly after that that u. S. Military intelligence got the first indications that russian war planes had taken off. The russian general told the u. S. , we are told by u. S. Officials, that the u. S. Should not fly its war planes in syria. That it should stay out of the way. The u. S. Response they tell us is tha
Identity at risk of being exposed after a hack attack. We are live. Good morning, welcome to early start. Good morning. Im christine romans, its wednesday, september 30th. Its 5 a. M. In the east. Just a few hours ago, the state of georgia executed female death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner for orchestrating the murder of her husband in 1997. She had three unsuccessful appeals to the u. S. Supreme court and pleas of mercy and from our pope francis, martin satisfy annuvage has the story. Prison officials put the 47yearold convicted murders execution on hold to let the Legal Process run its course. She was very strong and she was very assured in whatever the process weighs going to be and she handled herself with poise that was just beyond belief. But when the last court turned her down, time and hope ran out. Her own children begged a parole board to commute her sentence to life in prison. She is so supportive of me. I can talk to her about anything, any troubles i have or anything they
What will oklahoma do next . The politics lead. Idiot, jerk stupid dumb are those words donald trump has used to describe his republican and democratic opponents or words voters in a recent poll used to describe him . The answer and a brand new trump interview coming up. Good afternoon everyone. Welcome to the lead. I am jake tapper. Our world lead. There is an old russian proverb, better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie. For president obama and his top military commanders that slap came this morning. Cnn reporting a russian general went to the u. S. Embassy in baghdad, iraq and warned america stay out of the skies over syria. Why . Well because russian fighter jets within the hour began bombarding targets inside syria, air strikes called in by syrian president bashar al assad. And were the targets isis . Think again. Lets get right to Cnns Barbara Starr live at the pentagon. Barbara, secretary of Defense Ash Carter finishing up a sobering press briefing. What are th