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Man executed for killing Ga. deputy after robbery
Georgia Death Penalty Werm
This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Robert Wayne Holsey. - photo by Associated Press
JACKSON, Ga. — A man convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy moments after robbing a convenience store in central Georgia was executed Tuesday. Robert Wayne Holsey, 49, was declared dead at 10:51 p.m. at the state prison in Jackson, authorities said. Holsey was sentenced to die for the Dec. 17, 1995, killing of Baldwin County sheriff's deputy Will Robinson.
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