JACKSON — Marcus Ray Johnson was executed Thursday night despite his claims that he only had consensual sex with Angela Sizemore in a field behind an Albany bar and did not torture and murder her.

Johnson’s execution is the fourth in Georgia this year and is expected to be quickly followed by six more over the next few weeks and months as issues around the lethal injection drug have been resolved and an aging death row population exhausts all appeals.

Johnson was pronounced dead at 10:11 p.m.

Unlike others put to death, he had no final statement, he did not look at any of the witnesses, and he said no when asked if he would like a prayer.

Sizemore’s now 26-year-old daughter, Kathryn Barker, watched Johnson draw his last breath as she sat with former Dougherty County district attorney Ken Hodges, who kept a protective arm around her. Barker was in kindergarten when her mother was murdered.

The execution lasted 27 minutes, an unusually long time for a Georgia execution. Two of Johnson’s friends were in attendance.

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