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Associated Press - December 11, 2009 8:34 PM ET
COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - The Georgia NAACP has endorsed efforts to win a stay of Wednesday's scheduled execution for Carlton Gary.
Gary's attorneys are seeking a stay for Gary asking that the courts allow time for DNA testing of evidence in the "stocking strangling" cases in Columbus in the late 1970s.
The Georgia Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has asked Muscogee County District Attorney Julia Slater to drop her opposition to GaryÂ’s execution stay.
Gary was convicted in 3 of the seven stocking stranglings, His execution is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the state Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Ga.
If a stay is denied, the NAACP plans a prayer vigil at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the ColumbusÂ’ Government Center downtown.
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