Meanwhile, convicted murderer Eric Branch was executed on schedule in Florida, but in Alabama an attempt to administer a lethal injection to another death row inmate, Doyle Hamm, failed, causing that execution to be halted. Bart returned to live with his wounded father for seven months before the truth emerged that it was the son who hired the gunman. 17 killed in Florida school shooting by former student: SheriffThe US Supreme Court had ruled late Thursday that the execution could proceed. Hamm, who has spent three decades on death row, was condemned to death in 1987 for the murder of a motel employee during an armed robbery. In recent times, the highest number of executions in a single day occurred on December 9, 1999, when Oklahoma, Indiana, Texas and Virginia all executed a prisoner.

Source: The Express Tribune February 23, 2018 16:41 UTC