Brandon Jones was put to death at 12:46 am with lethal injection at the Georgia Department of Corrections in Jackson.
He was convicted in the 1979 shooting death of suburban Atlanta store manager Roger Tackett.
Jones declined to make a final statement in front of witnesses but agreed to have a prayer read.
Jones’ attorneys had made late appeals to block the execution, including with the US Supreme Court, but they were all rejected.
Jones was initially still with his eyes closed and then swallowed a couple of times and moved his head slightly. He opened his eyes at 12:36 a.m. and turned his head to his left, appearing to look toward a clock hanging on the wall. Then he closed his eyes again and took a few deep breaths before falling still.
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