A 40-year-old convicted cop-killer was executed by lethal injection Friday, after his appeal was denied earlier in the day by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Ricky Ray Rector was pronounced dead at 11:09 p.m. EST, according to David White, spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Corrections.Rector was convicted in November 1982 and received the death penalty for the capital felony murder of police officer Bob Martin in Conway, Ark.

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