article_snippet: The pleas did not sway Georgia's high court or The pleas board of pardons.
article_snippet: In a 5-2 decision Monday afternoon, the state Supreme Court denied the state Supreme Court request for a stay, and the state Supreme Court also dismissed a constitutional challenge claiming that the state Supreme Court sentence was disproportionate.
article_snippet: And the State Board of Pardons and Paroles said Monday evening that the State Board of Pardons and Paroles decision last week to deny clemency in the case stands.