A former prison guard convicted of the sex murder of an 8-year-old girl 11 years ago was executed Thursday in Florida's electric chair.
Aubrey Dennis Adams, 31, died at about 7:05 a.m., becoming the third convicted killer to be executed this year in the United States and the second in Florida. He was the 21st person electrocuted in Florida since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1979.About 15 relatives and friends of Adams stood in a fenced area outside the State Prison near the north Florida community of Starke. A group of 10 protesters stood in another area nearby, holding candles and praying.
Serial killer Ted Bundy was the last person electrocuted in Florida. Bundy, 42, was put to death in Florida's three-legged oak electric chair Jan. 24 for the sex murder of a 12-year-old girl. He also had confessed to at least 28 murders throughout the country and was suspected in dozens more.