Atlanta, GA – The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has invited representatives for condemned inmate Andrew Howard Brannan to meet with the Board on Monday, January 12, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., to advocate clemency for him. Brannan is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 7 p.m., at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia.

Andrew Howard Brannan was convicted of malice murder on January 28, 2000, for the January 1998 murder of 22 year old Laurens County Deputy Sheriff Kyle Dinkheller. The victim was shot multiple times and killed by Brannan during a traffic stop. The jury in the case sentenced Brannan to death.

The Georgia Supreme Court later upheld the conviction and affirmed the jury’s verdict. Brannan’s latest appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied on June 9, 2014. 

In Georgia, the Parole Board has the sole constitutional authority to commute, or reduce, a death sentence to life or to life without parole. Only after an inmate appears to have exhausted all appeals and other judicial avenues of relief will the Parole Board consider granting a commutation to a death-sentenced inmate. The Board maintains a comprehensive file on every death-sentenced inmate. The file includes the circumstances of the offense, the inmate’s criminal history and a comprehensive history of the life of the condemned inmate. Board Members will complete a thorough review of this material prior to hearing from the inmate’s representatives on January 12, 2015.

It is anticipated that the meeting will be closed as authorized by O.C.G.A. § 50-14-3 (a)(2). No public comment will be taken at this meeting and no other business will be conducted. Media will be afforded the opportunity to take photographs prior to the meeting. Media should check in with credentials by 8:30 a.m., in the Board’s public reception office at 2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, East Tower, 4th Floor, room 458. Media should first be cleared for entry by building security on the Plaza Level. Members of the media will be given an opportunity to wait until the conclusion of the meeting to interview those seeking executive clemency for Brannan, if they choose to grant interviews.

For more information on the Parole Board, please visit the website at www.pap.georgia.gov.