The lawfully ordered execution of Joshua Daniel Bishop for the 1994 murder of Leverett Morrison was carried out this evening at 9:27 pm at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center in Jackson, Georgia. The sentence was carried out after the United States Supreme Court denied Bishop’s request for a stay of execution.

Information on Bishop’s crimes and case history can be found http://law.ga.gov/press-releases/2016-03-14/execution-date-set-joshua-d…

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