US EditionFlorida set to execute man convicted of raping and killing a woman outside of a bar
- Thomas Lee Gudinas was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison for the 1994 rape and murder of Michelle McGrath.
- The execution followed the U.S. Supreme Court denying Gudinas' request for a stay and the Florida Supreme Court rejecting appeals last week.
- In 1995, Gudinas received the death penalty for the murder of McGrath, whose severely beaten and sexually assaulted body was discovered in an alley near a school.
- At age 51, Gudinas was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m.; Florida has executed seven inmates this year, the most of any U.S. state, with an eighth scheduled next month.
- His execution highlights ongoing concerns about Florida's capital punishment discretion, while officials praised staff professionalism keeping pace with frequent executions.
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Florida Executes Thomas Gudinas
A man convicted of raping and killing a woman near a central Florida bar was executed Tuesday evening. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was pronounced dead at 6:13pm after receiving a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, said Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis. Gudinas was...
A man sentenced to death in the state of Florida for the murder of a woman was executed Tuesday night in the first of two executions scheduled this week in the United States. Reus Thomas Gudinas, 51, died by lethal injection. His execution was scheduled at 18H00 local (22H00 GMT) in a Florida state prison in Raiford. The correctional department confirmed it in a statement. Gudinas was sentenced to death in 1995 for the murder of Michelle McGrath…
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Thomas Lee Gudinas had been on death row at Florida State Prison near Starke since his conviction in 1995 of the rape and killing of Michelle McGrath in the southeastern state
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