High court refuses to block execution in Florida

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to grant a last-minute reprieve for a Florida inmate set to be executed for the 1994 rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl.

The justices on Thursday turned down an appeal for 45-year-old Eddie Wayne Davis. He is scheduled to be given a lethal injection later Thursday.

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