Florida executes man for killing 4 in 1985
This undated photo made available by the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement, shows Jerry Correll. Correll is scheduled to be executed Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, for the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife, her mother, sister and their daughter 30 years ago in Orlando, Fla. Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement via AP
WASHINGTON, United States—The US state of Florida executed a convicted murder Thursday who had been on death row 30 years for killing four people, including his five-year-old daughter, in 1985.
Jerry Correll, 59, died by lethal injection at 7:36 p.m. (2336 GMT), according to McKinley Lewis, spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections.
The US Supreme Court rejected a request for a stay of execution.
Correll was sentenced for killing his daughter, his ex-wife, and her mother and sister.
The execution is the 25th in the United States this year according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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