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| Missouri executes convicted murderer |
| By iol.co.za |
| Published: 07/15/2015 |
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Missouri - Missouri on Tuesday put to death a man convicted of murdering a 19-year-old woman he encountered in a traffic accident in 2001, in the first execution in the United States since the Supreme Court upheld the use of a lethal injection drug. David Zink, 55, was pronounced dead at 7.41pm CDT after receiving a fatal dose of drugs at a state prison, said Mike O'Connell, spokesman for the Missouri Department of Corrections. “David Zink callously took a young woman's life, and it is fitting he pay by losing his own,” Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said in a statement. The US Supreme Court ruled on June 29 that a drug used in lethal injections by Oklahoma, midazolam, did not violate the US Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Read More. |
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