News Release - December 4th, 2009
Georgia Department of Corrections
Brian Owens, Commissioner
Director of Public Affairs
Joan Heath
Contact: Office of Public Affairs (404) 656-9772
For Immediate Release
Execution Date Set For Muscogee County Murderer
Carlton Gary to be executed Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Atlanta–The Muscogee County Superior Court has ordered the execution of convicted murderer Carlton Gary. The Court ordered the Department to carry out the execution on a date beginning December 16 and ending December 23, 2009.
The execution is scheduled to take place at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
Gary was sentenced to death in 1986 for the murder of three women in Columbus, Georgia. If executed, he will be the 24th inmate put to death by lethal injection in Georgia.
Media interested in a picture of Gary and a listing of his crimes may go to the Department of Corrections website (www.dcor.state.ga.us) and enter GDC ID number 418413.
The Department of Corrections is the fourth largest prison system in the United States and is responsible for supervising nearly 60,000 state prisoners and 160,000 probationers. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with nearly 14,000 employees.####
