NORTH CAROLINA·DEATH PENALTY·OCTOBER 3, 2003·1 MIN READ

Edward Hartman, 38, was executed by injection at Central...

Edward Hartman, 38, was executed by injection at Central Prison in Raleigh

Edward Hartman, 38, was executed by injection at Central Prison in Raleigh. He was pronounced dead at 2:14 a.m. Hartman was sentenced to die for the 1993 slaying of 77-year-old Herman Smith Jr. Hartman becomes the 4th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in North Carolina and the 57th in the USA.

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(Sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin)