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Man convicted of killing a woman and her 4-year-old daughter is executed in Florida

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his cousin’s girlfriend and the couple's 4-year-old daughter was put to death Thursday evening, the seventh person executed by the state this year. Richard Knight, 47, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. Knight was

Tennessee fails to execute Tony Carruthers after IV difficulties

Tennessee officials on Thursday called off the lethal injection of Tony Carruthers, who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three people in 1994, after his executioners tried and failed for over an hour to establish an intravenous line. Gov. Bill Lee announced soon afterward that the state would not try again for at least a