News Release - July 06, 2011
Georgia Department of Corrections
Brian Owens, Commissioner
Director of Public Affairs
Joan Heath
Contact: Office of Public Affairs (478) 992-5248
STATE OF GEORGIA
For Immediate Release
Execution Date Set For Cobb County Murderer
Andrew Grant DeYoung to be executed Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Forsyth –The Cobb County Superior Court has ordered the execution of convicted murderer Andrew Grant DeYoung. The Court ordered the Department to carry out the execution on a date between July 20, 2011 and July 27, 2011. Commissioner Brian Owens has set the date for July 20, 2011 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7:00 p.m.
DeYoung was convicted in the 1993 murders of his parents, Kathryn and Gary DeYoung and sister, Sarah DeYoung. If executed, he will be the 28th inmate put to death by lethal injection in Georgia.
Media interested in a picture of DeYoung and a listing of his crimes may go to the Department of Corrections website (www.dcor.state.ga.us).
The Department of Corrections is the fifth largest prison system in the United States and is responsible for supervising nearly 60,000 state prisoners and over 150,000 probationers. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with approximately 13,000 employees.
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