STARKE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Florida Execution (all times local):
9 p.m.
Authorities
say they don't believe the loud scream that came from the mouth of a
Florida inmate as he was being put to death in Florida for a 1993 rape
and murder was caused by the lethal injection procedure.
Forty-seven-year-old
inmate Eric Scott Branch received the lethal drugs Thursday evening at
the Florida State Prison in Starke. Branch was convicted of raping and
killing 21-year-old college student Susan Morris in 1993. He screamed
and shouted "murderers!" repeatedly.
Asked
whether Branch's scream could have been caused by the execution drugs,
Department of Corrections spokeswoman Michelle Glady said afterward that
"there was no indication" of that. She says that conclusion was
confirmed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The
murder victim's family later released a statement saying they are still
grieving the young woman's death a quarter century ago. Wendy Morris
Hill, the victim's sister, read a statement declaring the slain woman
"will never be forgotten by those who love her."
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