Keith Tharpe shown in an undated booking photo from the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Keith Tharpe shown in an undated booking photo from the Georgia Department of Corrections.

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Questions of Racial Bias Surround Black Man's Imminent Execution

The state of Georgia is set to carry out its second execution of the year on Tuesday, when it plans to put to death Keith Tharpe, who was sentenced in 1991 for murdering his sister-in-law.