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Gissendaner was scheduled to be executed on September 29, 2015, but was again delayed by appeals. She was finally executed by [[lethal injection]] at the [[Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison]] in [[Jackson, Georgia]], on September 30 at 12:21 a.m.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/death-row-inmate-kelly-gissendaner-executed-in-georgia/|title = Kelly Gissendaner executed in Georgia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Milligan|first1=Mandi|last2=Harris|first2=Rodney|title=Kelly Gissendaner executed after 5 hour delay|url=http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/30143635/clemency-denied-for-kelly-gissendaner-catholic-church-weighs-in|access-date=30 September 2015|work=WMBF News|date=29 September 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150930213630/http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/30143635/clemency-denied-for-kelly-gissendaner-catholic-church-weighs-in|archive-date=30 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Gissendaner cried, prayed, sang "[[Amazing Grace]]",<ref name=NBC>{{cite web|last1=Connor|first1=Tracy|title=Georgia Woman Kelly Gissendaner Sings 'Amazing Grace' During Execution|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/lethal-injection/pope-urges-halt-execution-georgia-woman-kelly-gissendaner-n435566|website=nbcnews.com|publisher=NBC News|access-date=1 October 2015}}</ref> and said, "...and
She was the first woman executed in Georgia since 1945, as well as the only woman executed in the United States in 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/09/georgia-kelly-gissendaner-execution/407992/ | title=The Limits of Georgia's Mercy | work=The Atlantic | date=29 September 2015 | access-date=29 September 2015 | author=Ford, Matt}}</ref>
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