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Execution date set for Georgia inmate Warren Lee Hill

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Warren Lee Hill. A spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said in a statement Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, that Hill's execution is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Georgia Dept. of Corrections, File)
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Warren Lee Hill. A spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said in a statement Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, that Hill's execution is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Georgia Dept. of Corrections, File) FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Warren Lee Hill. A spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said in a statement Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, that Hill's execution is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Georgia Dept. of Corrections, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

ATLANTA (AP) – An execution date has been set for a Georgia death row inmate convicted of killing a fellow inmate.

A spokeswoman for Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said in a statement Friday that Warren Lee Hill’s execution is scheduled for Jan. 27.

Hill’s lawyers have argued that he’s intellectually disabled and therefore should be spared from execution on constitutional grounds, citing a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision. Georgia has the nation’s strictest standard for proving intellectual disability, requiring proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

Hill has come within hours of execution at least three times before winning a stay. He was sentenced to death in Lee County for the 1990 beating death of fellow inmate Joseph Handspike.