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Florida Executes Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. by Lethal Injection
Just the facts
Conahan was declared dead at 6:12 p.m. Eastern Time after the U.S. Supreme Court and the Florida Supreme Court rejected his final appeals requesting additional DNA testing on physical evidence. The homicide was investigated as part of a series of unsolved deaths in Charlotte County during the 1990s known as the Hog Trail Murders, though Conahan was only formally charged in Montgomery's death. Conahan maintained his innocence throughout his imprisonment, contending that the trial evidence was circumstantial. The execution marks Florida's 15th execution of the year under Governor Ron DeSantis.
Why this is news
The state of Florida executed 72-year-old Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. by lethal injection at Florida State Prison following his 1999 conviction for first-degree murder. Conahan was sentenced to death for the 1996 kidnapping and killing of Richard Allen Montgomery.
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