Andrew DeYoung was executed by the state of Georgia on July 21, 2011.  He was pronounced dead at 8:04pm.

On July 7, 2011, the Cobb County Superior Court ordered the execution of Andrew Grant DeYoung. Commissioner Brian Owens set the date for July 20, 2011 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson at 7:00 p.m.

On July 20, 2011 the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections delayed the scheduled execution of Mr. Blankenship until July 21, 2011.