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Former Insurance Salesman Executed In Georgia
Jackson Ga AP John Eldon Smith 53 was executed in Georgia electric chair for the 1974 Bibb County murders of Ronald and Juanita Akins. He declined a formal statement, asked a priest to read from 2 Corinthians, and remarked about the Lord’s death row fate. The execution followed long legal appeals and was the second U.S. execution in two days.
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