Morrow Execution Final Media Advisory

Commissioner: Timothy C. Ward

Director of Public Affairs: Joan Heath

FORSYTH, Ga. – The execution of condemned murderer Scotty Garnell Morrow scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson was carried out on May 2, 2019, at 9:38 pm in accordance with state law. Morrow accepted a final prayer and recorded a final statement. Morrow was sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of Tonya Rochelle Woods and Barbara Ann Young.

There have been 71 men and one woman executed in Georgia since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. If executed, Morrow will be the 50th inmate put to death by lethal injection. There are presently 49 men under death sentence in Georgia.

About the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC)

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has one of the largest prison systems in the U.S. and is responsible for supervising nearly 52,000 state prisoners. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with approximately 10,500 employees. For more information on the GDC, call 478-992-5247 or visit https://gdc.georgia.gov.