Kelly Gissendaner was executed despite a last-minute plea from Pope Francis to spare her life.\r<br>\r<br>Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner has been executed for the murder of her husband in 1997, the state says. CNNs Martin Savidge has more.\r<br>\r<br>Kelly Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgias death row, became the first woman to be executed in the state in the past 70 years. The U.S. Supreme Court .\r<br>\r<br>Kelly Gissendaner was executed despite a last-minute plea from Pope Francis to spare her life. Kelly Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgias death row, .