US inmate executed for murder of 11-year-old girl

A man convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1984 was executed by injection after the US Supreme Court rejected his final appeals.

US inmate executed for murder of 11-year-old girl
Wed, 12 Dec, 2001 - 06:33

A man convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1984 was executed by injection after the US Supreme Court rejected his final appeals.

Byron Ashley Parker, 41, was executed yesterday at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia.

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