Florida Executes Convicted Murderer 25 Years After Crimes

The 48-year-old man was put to death by lethal injection after courts dismissed objections over his obesity and potential dosing complications.

The convict was executed at Raiford prison in Florida following a 25-year legal process stemming from his 2000 crimes.
He had confessed to the abduction, rape, and murder of a Miami Herald employee during her lunch break, as well as an earlier fatal stabbing in Boston.
The Florida Supreme Court rejected his lawyers' objections regarding his severe obesity potentially causing undue suffering during the execution.
The execution reignites debates over the ethics and technical challenges of lethal injection as a method of capital punishment.
This case highlights the prolonged timelines often associated with death penalty cases in the United States.