WASHINGTON: The southern US state of Georgia on Wednesday executed a man convicted of killing a police officer, after the state parole board denied a request for clemency.

Gregory Lawler, 63, was put to death by lethal injection at 11:49 pm (0349 GMT) at a prison in Jackson, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) outside Atlanta, prison authorities said.

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