What is Kelly Gissendaner?
'''Kelly Renee Gissendaner''' (March 8, 1968 – September 30, 2015)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Milligan|first1=Mandi|last2=Harris|first2=Rodney|title=Kelly Gissendaner executed after 5 hour delay|url=http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/30143635/clemency-denied-for-kelly-gissendaner-catholic-church-weighs-in|access-date=30 September 2015|work=WMBF News|date=29 September 2015|archive-date=30 September 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150930213630/http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/30143635/clemency-denied-for-kelly-gissendaner-catholic-church-weighs-in|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an American woman who was executed by the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Gissendaner had been convicted of orchestrating the murder of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, in 1997.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/kelly-gissendaner-execution-georgia.html | title=Clemency Denied, Kelly Gissendaner Nears Execution in Georgia | work=[[New York Times]] | date=29 September 2015 | access-date=29 September 2015 | author=Blinder, Alan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbs46.com/story/28194208/detective-recounts-how-he-put | title=Detective recounts how he put Kelly Gissendaner on death row | work=WGCL-TV Atlanta | date=25 February 2015 | access-date=29 September 2015 | archive-date=29 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929215634/http://www.cbs46.com/story/28194208/detective-recounts-how-he-put | url-status=dead }}</ref> At the time of the murder, Gissendaner was 28 and her husband was 30. After her conviction, and until her execution, Gissendaner was the only woman on death row in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gissendaner, Kelly}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American criminals]] [[Category:People from Georgia (U.S. state)]] {{US-bio-stub}}