A former construction worker was put to death early Tuesday for the 1976 shooting death of a probation officer during a burglary.

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G.W. Green, 54, strapped to the death chamber gurney, greeted his brother, a sister and a friend who arrived to witness the execution. He expressed his love, then told Warden Jack Pursley: "Lock and load. Let's do it, man."

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