In Georgia, Kelly Gissendaner was executed early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court denied three last-minute requests to stay her execution. She is the first woman to be executed in the state of Georgia in 70 years. She was sentenced to death in 1998 for recruiting her boyfriend to kill her husband, Douglas. Her execution is the first time since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 that Georgia has executed someone who did not personally kill the victim. Gissendaner had received a flurry of support in recent days, including from Pope Francis. Randall Savage of the local TV station WMAZ described her final moments.

Randall Savage: “She apologized for what she did. She said she was sorry that that amazing man lost his life because of her. And once after the execution started, she began singing 'Amazing Grace' and sang it all the way through.”

Kelly Gissendaner was the 21st person executed in the United States so far this year.