When a Georgia man killed his ex-girlfriend and her friend nearly 25 years ago, his actions were spontaneous and emotionally fueled and shouldn’t be punished by death, his lawyers argue.
Scotty Garnell Morrow, 52, is set to die Thursday at the state prison in Jackson in what would be Georgia’s first execution this year. He was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend Barbara Ann Young and her friend Tonya Woods at Young’s Gainesville home in December 1994. A third woman was also shot but survived.
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a clemency hearing for Wednesday and on Tuesday released a declassified clemency application submitted by Morrow’s lawyers. The parole board is the only authority in Georgia that can commute a death sentence.
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