Florida executes 77-year-old man for 1995 hammer killing
Curtis Wilkie Beasley is the 16th person put to death in the state this year.
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A 77-year-old man was put to death in Florida on Tuesday for a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed in the state so far this year. Florida has the nation's busiest death chamber.
Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a lethal injection at the state prison near Starke, authorities said. He had been convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto over the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort at her home south of Orlando.
The state supreme court had declined to intervene before the execution.
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