77-year-old man put to death in Florida, 16th person to be executed in the state this year
Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed for the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort, after supreme court declined to intervene
TL;DR
- Curtis Wilkie Beasley, 77, was executed in Florida for a 1995 hammer attack on Carolyn Monfort.
- This was Florida's 16th execution this year, making it the nation's busiest death chamber.
- The US Supreme Court declined to intervene, rejecting claims of cruel and unusual punishment due to Beasley's age and cognitive decline.
- Beasley was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, and grand theft auto in the 1995 attack.
- Florida has executed seven prisoners over 70 this year.
- Beasley is the 29th person executed in the US this year.
- Tennessee is scheduled to execute Christa Pike, a woman, for a crime committed as a teen.
- Florida is nearing its 1976 record of 19 executions.
- Another execution for William Lee Thompson, 74, is paused for a competency review.
- William Reaves, 77, has an upcoming execution date for a 1986 conviction.