Florida man becomes 3rd executed in US in 24 hours

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STARKE, Fla. (AP) — Florida on Wednesday executed a Tampa-area man who murdered his estranged wife and her young son in 1985, two years after he had been paroled for killed his previous spouse.

It is the third U.S. execution in less than 24 hours since a botched April lethal injection in Oklahoma.

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