USA - Mark Dean Schwab was executed at the state's death chamber in Starke.

Mark Dean Schwab was executed at the state's death chamber in Starke. It was the first execution since a botched lethal injection procedure prompted the state to revamp the way it conducts capital punishment. The execution was the initial test of Florida's new lethal injection procedure, which was instituted after Angel Diaz was executed in December 2006. Needles to inject the deadly chemicals into Diaz missed their mark and he suffered burns and extreme pain, triggering a state investigation and a moratorium. It took 34 minutes for Diaz to die, more than twice the normal time. Schwab's execution lasted 12 minutes. Within two minutes of the first chemical being administered, a warden shook Schwab, called out his name and ran a finger over his eyelashes. Schwab did not respond. Schwab was put to death for the 1991 killing Junny Rios-Martinez, an 11 year-old boy. Schwab becomes the 10th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1109th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.