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Fla. inmate apologizes before being executed for murder of teenager

Associated Press

  April 13, 2012

A Florida inmate was put to death Thursday, nearly three decades after the murder of 17-year-old Lynn Elliott, whose futile bid to flee led to his capture and ended a string of rapes and slayings that shook the quiet coastal town of Vero Beach.

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