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

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Florida is scheduled to execute 77-year-old Curtis Wilkie Beasley for a 1995 murder. This will mark the 16th execution in the state this year.

MIAMI (AP) — 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 theft auto in a 1995...

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