USA - Florida - Richard Henyard, 34, black, was executed at Florida State Prison.

Florida - Richard Henyard, 34, black, was executed at Florida State Prison tonight for the 1993 killings of 7-year-old Jamilya Lewis and her 3-year-old sister, Jasmine. Henyard and a juvenile accomplice, Alfonza Smalls, took turns raping the girls' mother before shooting her 4 times, then shot the girls as they cried out "Mommy." The girls' mother, Dorothy Lewis, survived, though she was shot between the eyes. Dorothy Lewis is now a pastor and motivational speaker, and did not attend the execution. Smalls was 14 years old at the the time and is currently serving a life sentence in prison. Henyard becomes the 2nd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Florida and the 66th overall since the state resumed capital punishment in 1979. Henyard becomes the 23rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1122nd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.