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By DAVID FISCHER

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and fatal beating his manager at a Florida convenience store in 1988 was put to death Thursday evening in the state’s 17th execution this year.

Richard Barry Randolph , 63, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis said. Randolph was convicted of murder, armed robbery, sexual battery and grand theft and sentenced to death in 1989.

DeSantis spokesman Alex Lanfranconi said there were no complications during the procedure and that Randolph had no last words.

The execution further extended the state record for total executions in a single year. Since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the deat

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