A holdup man who fatally shot a furniture store owner 16 years ago was put to death by injection early Thursday after helping his executioners find a suitable vein in an arm scarred by heroin abuse.

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Billy Wayne White, 34, went to his death after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a late-hour appeal.He was pronounced dead 47 minutes after he was strapped to the death chamber gurney.

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