A Florida man convicted of a brutal 1995 murder, robbery, and car theft was executed Tuesday after the state carried out a lethal injection, marking the 16th death penalty case in the nation’s most active execution chamber this year. Authorities confirmed the 77-year-old was pronounced dead following the procedure at a prison near Starke, with his conviction stemming from a violent hammer attack on a woman in her home. The Supreme Court had previously declined to intervene in the case, allowing the execution to proceed. The killing occurred nearly three decades ago in a crime that also involved theft and assault.
Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to interveneA 77-year-old Florida man was put to death on 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.Curtis Wilkie Beasley was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a lethal injection at the Florida state prison near Starke, authorities said. He was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto in the 1995 hammer attack on Carolyn Monfort at her home south of Orlando. Continue reading...
