Florida executes man for baby's murder
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Andrew Lukehart, who killed his girlfriend's 5-month-old daughter in 1996 while on probation for another baby's child abuse, has been executed.
Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on June 25 at Florida State Prison in Stark, according to the warrant.
The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its argument docket for the 2026-27 term, granting another case involving the First Step Act, a 2018 criminal justice law intended to improve federal prison conditions and reduce long federal prison sentences.
The Supreme Court revived an appeal by a death-row inmate after finding a lower court improperly considered evidence never considered by the jury in rejecting his bid for federal habeas relief.
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