A Florida man, who has spent nearly half a century on death row, has been executed by lethal injection for the murder of a 13-year-old girl.

Convicted of first-degree murder, he was sentenced to death in 1977. Years of appeals followed and he was resentenced to death in 1988, 1993 and 1996.

A Florida man who has spent nearly 50 years on Death Row is to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the murder of a 13-year-old girl.

Florida man James Ernest Hitchcock executed for the 1976 murder of his brother's teenage stepdaughter after decades of legal appeals.

Florida man James Ernest Hitchcock executed for the 1976 murder of his brother's teenage stepdaughter after decades of legal appeals.

A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening.