Florida executes 77-year-old man convicted of a deadly hammer attack on a woman
Florida is set to execute a 77-year-old man convicted of a 1995 murder
Starke, Florida witnessed the execution of 77-year-old Curtis Wilkie Beasley on Tuesday, following his conviction for a deadly hammer attack on a woman in 1995. Beasley, pronounced dead at 6:12 pm (2.12 am Gulf) after a lethal injection at the Florida State Prison, was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, and grand theft auto.
The execution took place despite recent rejections from the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court regarding the cruelty of executing an elderly man suffering from cognitive decline. Beasley, the seventh prisoner over 70 to be executed this year in Florida, was the 29th person, all men, executed in the US this year.
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