Florida Executes Inmate Darius Kimbrough
STARKE (CBSMiami) – Florida death row inmate Darius Kimbrough was executed Tuesday.
Kimbrough, 40, was put to death for the 1991 rape and murder of 28-year old Denise Collins in her Orange County apartment.
A judge imposed Kimbrough's death sentence after a jury voted 11-1 to recommend execution. In a last-ditch appeal, Kimbrough's attorney argued that Florida's death-penalty law is unconstitutional because it does not require a unanimous jury recommendation in death cases.
The Florida Supreme Court on Oct. 31 denied Kimbrough's argument that Florida's death-penalty statute violates the Eighth Amendment, clearing the way for Tuesday's execution at Florida State Prison near Starke.
