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Florida executes 77-year-old man for 1995 murder

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Florida executed Curtis Beasley by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the 1995 murder of a 62-year-old woman in Polk County, Fla.

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  1. Florida is set to execute a 77-year-old man convicted of a 1995 murder

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    Florida executes 77-year-old man for 1995 murder

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Florida is set to execute a 77-year-old man convicted of a 1995 murder (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of the hammer beating death of a woman is set to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber

  2. WFLA

    Florida is set to execute man convicted of beating Polk County woman to death with hammer (opens WFLA)

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    WFLA's feed description

    A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer is scheduled Tuesday to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation's busiest death chamber.

  3. FOX 13 Tampa

    Florida to execute 77-year-old man convicted of 1995 Polk County hammer attack murder (opens FOX 13 Tampa)

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    FOX 13 Tampa's feed description

    A 77-year-old man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer in 1995 is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening at the Florida State Prison. Florida death penalty record Curtis Wilkie Beasley was sentenced to death for first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto following the 1995 ki…

  4. Tampa Bay Times

    Florida to execute 77-year-old man for Polk County murder (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    Tampa Bay Times's feed description

    MIAMI— A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer is scheduled Tuesday to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber. Curtis Wilkie Beasley was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand t…

  5. UPI

    Florida set to execute 77-year-old man for 1995 murder (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Florida is set to execute Curtis Beasley, 77, on Tuesday evening by lethal injection. This would be the 16th execution in Florida this year.

  6. WKBN Youngstown

    Florida set to execute 77-year-old man convicted of 1995 murder (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    WKBN Youngstown's feed description

    A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer is scheduled Tuesday to become the 16th person executed this year in the nation's busiest death chamber.

  7. WTOP Washington DC

    Florida carries out its 16th execution of the year on a 77-year-old man convicted in a deadly hammer attack on a woman (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida carries out its 16th execution of the year on a 77-year-old man convicted in a deadly hammer attack on a woman.

  8. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Florida executes 77-year-old man convicted of a deadly hammer attack on a woman (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A 77-year-old man convicted of killing a woman with a hammer has become the 16th person executed this year in Florida

  9. WFLA

    Florida executes 77-year-old man convicted of deadly hammer attack on Polk County woman (opens WFLA)

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    WFLA's feed description

    A 77-year-old Florida man was put to death Tuesday for his conviction in a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed to date this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber.

  10. UPI

    Florida executes 77-year-old man for 1995 murder (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Florida executed Curtis Beasley by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the 1995 murder of a 62-year-old woman in Polk County, Fla.

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Man executed for ’95 fatal attack (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    STARKE, Fla. -- A 77-year-old Florida man was put to death Tuesday for a deadly hammer attack on a woman decades ago, becoming the 16th person executed this year in the nation's busiest death chamber.

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