STARKE, Fla. — Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday.
Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, committed in 1989.
The execution follows a record-breaking period for the state’s death penalty.
Florida performed 19 executions last year, marking the most in the state’s modern history.
Heath was convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery in Alachua County.
The execution was carried out by lethal injection.
Two more executions are already planned by the state for next month.
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