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Donnie Cleveland Lance (December 23, 1953 – January 29, 2020) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Georgia on January 29, 2020. He was convicted of killing his ex-wife, Sabrina Lance, and her boyfriend, Dwight Wood Jr.


Murders

The murders of Sabrina Lance, 39, and Dwight Wood, 33, occurred shortly before midnight on November 8, 1997. Lance arrived at Wood's home and kicked in the front door. He then shot Wood in the front and back with a shotgun. Afterward, he beat Sabrina Lance to death with the same shotgun. Lance had a history of abusing Sabrina, including strangling her, beating her, and threatening to kill her. He once attempted to strangle her and also tried to electrocute her with a car battery.


Sentencing

Lance was sentenced to death by
lethal injection Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person (typically a barbiturate, paralytic, and potassium solution) for the express purpose of causing rapid death. The main application for this procedure is capital puni ...
on June 23, 1999, for the murders of his ex-wife and her boyfriend.


Execution

On January 17, 2020, an execution date was set between January 29, 2020, and February 5, 2020. It was then scheduled for January 29, 2020, at 7:00 P.M (EST). He was pronounced dead at 9:05 P.M (EST). Lance declined to make a final statement and said "no" when asked if he wanted a final prayer. His last meal consisted of two chili steak burgers, French fries, onion rings, mustard, ketchup, and a soda. He was the second person to be executed in the United States in 2020, and the 76th person to be executed by the state of Georgia. The next execution in Georgia did not occur until over four years later when Willie James Pye was executed in March 2024.


See also

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Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state) Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Georgia. Georgia reintroduced the death penalty in 1973 after ''Furman v. Georgia'' ruled all states' death penalty statutes unconstitutional. The first execution to take place afterwards ...
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Capital punishment in the United States In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in 23 s ...
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List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state) This is a list of people executed in Georgia. Since 1976, a total of 76 people have been executed by the state of Georgia in the United States. List of people executed in Georgia since 1976 Summary of executions * Sex ** Male: 75 (99%) ** ...
* List of people executed in the United States in 2020


References

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