Ray Cromartie has been on Death Row for more than 20 years and was due to die by lethal injection at around 11pm [UK time] today. However, the Georgia Supreme Court halted the execution at the last minute after deciding the execution order was not valid. Three days later, Cromartie and his friends Corey Clark and Thaddeus Lucas went to Junior Food Store in Thomasville, Georgia to steal beer. When they entered the store, Cromartie shot Slysz twice in the head, killing him, prosecutors said. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles in Georgia refused to stay his case and denied Cromartie clemency on Tuesday.

Source: Daily Mirror October 30, 2019 23:26 UTC