Atlanta, GA – The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has invited representatives for condemned inmate Tommy Lee Waldrip to meet with the Board on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., to advocate for clemency for him. Waldrip is scheduled to die by lethal injection on July 10, 2014, at 7:00 p.m., at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia.

Tommy Lee Waldrip was convicted of the murder of Keith Evans committed on April 13, 1991, in Dawson County. On October 26, 1994, a jury found Waldrip guilty of malice murder. Waldrip was sentenced to death.

The Georgia Supreme Court later upheld the conviction and affirmed the jury’s verdict. Waldrip has concluded his state and federal habeas corpus proceedings. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his appeal on May 27, 2014.

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 be cleared for entry by building security on the Plaza Level and then check in with credentials by 8:30 a.m., in the Board’s public reception office at 2 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, S.E., East Tower, 4th Floor, room 458. Members of the media will be given an opportunity to wait until the conclusion of the appointment to interview those seeking executive clemency for Waldrip, if they choose to grant interviews.

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