Georgia Just Executed An Intellectually Disabled Man Whose Sentencing Was Tainted By Racism

The lethal injection adds to Georgia’s troubling death penalty record.

By: Kim Bellware

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Georgia death row inmate Kenneth Fults is seen in an undated picture released by the Georgia Department of Corrections. Fults was convicted in 1997 for the murder of his neighbor, 19-year-old Cathy Bonds, after breaking into her home on January 30, 1996. REUTERS/Georgia Department of Corrections/Handout via Reuters THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
Georgia death row inmate Kenneth Fults is seen in an undated picture released by the Georgia Department of Corrections. Fults was convicted in 1997 for the murder of his neighbor, 19-year-old Cathy Bonds, after breaking into her home on January 30, 1996. REUTERS/Georgia Department of Corrections/Handout via Reuters THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Kenneth Fults, an intellectually disabled man who pleaded guilty to murdering his next-door neighbor in 1996, was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday night in Georgia.

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