Atlanta, GA - The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has invited representatives for condemned inmate Andrew Allen Cook to meet with the Board on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., to advocate for clemency for him. Cook is scheduled to die by lethal injection on February 21, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia.

On March 19, 1998, Cook was found guilty of two counts of malice murder and two counts of felony murder in the shooting deaths of Grant Patrick Hendrickson and Michele Lee Cartagena, which occurred approximately at midnight on the night of January 2, 1995 in Monroe County.

The jury recommended a death sentence for Cook's murder of Ms. Cartagena after finding that the murder of Ms. Cartagena was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of the murder of Mr. Hendrickson.  Cook was sentenced to life for the murder of Mr. Hendrickson.

The Georgia Supreme Court later upheld the conviction and affirmed the jury’s verdict. Cook has concluded his state and federal habeas corpus proceedings.

The Board appointment will not be open to the media, but a photo opportunity will be afforded prior to the start of the appointment.  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.  Before proceeding to the Board’s reception office, media must check-in with Georgia Building Authority security located on the plaza level of the East Tower. Members of the media will be given an opportunity to wait until the conclusion of the appointment to interview those seeking executive clemency for Cook, if they choose to grant interviews.

click on GDC Inmate Query, agree to the terms on the disclaimer page and enter the offender’s EF number, 390341.

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

               

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