After keeping him in prison for literally half his life, Georgia executed a 72 year old man.

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10. Respectfully, two different juries disagreed.

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There were apparently four gunshots fired in the course of the armed robbery, Jones and his accomplice (also executed) were arrested in the store, and the injured victim was locked in a storeroom.

Any reasonably person could easily conclude Jones cared little or not at all about the well-being of his victim, but rather was cooperating with police after his arrest in a self-interested manner to improve his own circumstances.

When guilt is not an issue, aggravating factors such as commission of a felony are present, and full and ample appeals provided, my sympathy for executed murderers remains nonexistent.

There are many miscarriages of justice and other failings in our criminal justice system that need to be addressed, but the story of Brandon Astor Jones is not one of them.