Jerry Correll, a convicted murderer who has been on death row for 30 years for killing four people in 1985, was executed by US state of Florida. (Representational Image)
Washington:
The US state of Florida executed a convicted murderer Thursday who had been on death row 30 years for killing four people, including his five-year-old daughter, in 1985.
Jerry Correll, 59, died by lethal injection at 7:36 pm (2336 GMT), according to McKinley Lewis, spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections.
The US Supreme Court had rejected a request for a stay of execution.
Correll was sentenced for killing his daughter, his ex-wife, and her mother and sister.
The execution is the 25th in the United States this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Jerry Correll, 59, died by lethal injection at 7:36 pm (2336 GMT), according to McKinley Lewis, spokesman for the Florida Department of Corrections.
The US Supreme Court had rejected a request for a stay of execution.
Correll was sentenced for killing his daughter, his ex-wife, and her mother and sister.
The execution is the 25th in the United States this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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