Robert Hicks, white, 47, was put to death by lethal...
Robert Hicks, white, 47, was put to death by lethal injection at Huntsville state prison, in Jackson
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Robert Hicks, white, 47, was put to death by lethal injection at Huntsville state prison, in Jackson. He died at 5 p.m. Hicks was sentenced to die for killing 28-year-old Toni Rivers in 1985. Hicks had been released from prison nine months earlier after serving less than half of a 15-year sentence for raping a 16-year-old girl. His execution was the first in Georgia this year and the 32nd in the USA.
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