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Florida Rape, Murder Convict To Be Sixth Inmate Executed This Year

Florida Department of Corrections

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1994 is set to be executed.

The execution of 45-year-old Eddie Wayne Davis is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison. It would be the state's sixth this year.

Davis was convicted in 1995 of kidnapping Kimberly Waters from an ex-girlfriend's home in Lakeland before raping and murdering her, then leaving her body in a dumpster.

Florida uses a three-drug cocktail to execute prisoners: midazolam hydrochloride, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride.

The drugs are administered intravenously, and are intended to induce unconsciousness, paralysis and cardiac arrest.

Davis has filed a final appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that a health problem he suffers from makes the use of midazolam extremely painful and would cause unnecessary suffering.

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press.

Patrick Donges served as WJCT's Digital Content Editor from August 2013 - August 2014.