Paul Jennings Hill died today by lethal injection in...

Paul Jennings Hill died today by lethal injection in the Florida State Prison. Hill, , 49, a former Presbyterian minister, is the 1st killer of an abortion provider to be executed in the United States. He showed no remorse to the end, claimed he was following God's orders when he kept firing his shotgun at Dr. John Britton until the 69-year-old physician stopped moving in the driveway of the Ladies Center, a Pensacola abortion clinic, on July 29, 1994. Hill also killed Britton's escort, Jim Barrett, 74. Barrett's wife, June, was injured. Mr. Hill was pronounced dead at 6:08. Hill becomes the 3rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Florida and the 53rd in the USA.