USA - Alabama. Danny Joe Bradley, 49, white, was executed

Danny Joe Bradley, 49, white, was executed today at Holman Correctional Facility. Bradley was convicted of murdering his 12-year-old stepdaughter, Rhonda Hardin, who was sexually assaulted and strangled on the night of Jan. 24, 1983. Bradley becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Alabama and the 40th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1983. Bradley becomes the 12th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1148th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.