Georgia's parole board grants clemency to death row inmate hours before scheduled execution

The state's Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted the death sentence of Jimmy Fletcher Meders, 58, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, the board said in a statement.The parole board said in a statement that Meders' lack of a criminal record before the murder and his good behavior while in prison were reasons it granted clemency.The parole board made its decision following a meeting on Wednesday and after it reviewed Meders' clemency application.