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

A 77-year-old man was executed in Florida for a decades-old murder involving a hammer attack, marking the state's 16th execution this year.
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.
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