A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.

Killer says goodbye to friend in final words before execution for teen’s murder - James Ernest Hitchcock was executed for the murder of his brother’s 13-year-old stepdaughter, Cynthia Diggers

Chadwick "Khalil" Willacy was executed by the State of Florida for a 1990 murder, despite legal challenges alleging the state's lethal injection protocol lacked "safety and efficacy", and his claims were denied by the Supreme Court.

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Complications with lethal injections in recent years have led to the revival of execution methods that had been previously abandoned.