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Posted on Fri, Sep. 22, 2006
New execution date set for man convicted of bathtub killing
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush reinstated the death warrant Friday for a man who murdered a woman in her bathtub more than two decades ago.
Arthur Rutherford will be executed on Oct. 18 at 6:00 p.m., Bush's office said.
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked Rutherford's death earlier this year after he claimed the state's lethal injection procedure is cruel and unusual punishment. The stay was later lifted.
Rutherford was convicted of the 1985 robbing and killing Stella Salamon, a 63-year-old widow originally from Australia, at her Milton home, where the handyman had installed sliding glass doors.
The woman was severely beaten and drowned or asphyxiated. Her body was found in a bathtub. Four witnesses testified that Rutherford either told them that he was planning to kill her or admitted it afterward.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
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