Executions across the South mark first since Oklahoma bungle

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Executions across the South mark first since Oklahoma bungle

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-inmate-put-death-hour-georgia-execution-054239158.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cUV7hIEbeIcTwD3thgHJ7g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT03NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-18T073849Z_1_LYNXMPEA5H0C8_RTROPTP_2_USA-EXECUTION-GEORGIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Death row inmate Marcus Wellons is seen in an undated picture from the Georgia Department of Corrections" align="left" title="Death row inmate Marcus Wellons is seen in an undated picture from the Georgia Department of Corrections" border="0" /></a>By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - A man convicted of killing his wife and her 5-year-old son nearly 30 years ago is set to die by injection in Florida on Wednesday evening, the third person to face execution in 24 hours in separate cases across the South. John R. Henry's death also would mark the third U.S. execution since a botched injection in Oklahoma in April renewed a national debate over capital punishment. Henry's attorneys sought to have him declared mentally unfit for execution but the Florida Supreme Court rejected his latest round of appeals. Henry was condemned for fatally stabbing his wife, Suzanne Henry, at her home in Zephyrhills.</p><br clear="all"/>

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