Man Executed in Florida for Woman’s 1986 Stabbing Death

Man Executed in Florida for Woman’s 1986 Stabbing Death
Darryl Barwick in a file photo. Florida Department of Corrections via AP
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STARKE, Fla.—A Florida man was executed Wednesday for breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986, a crime committed months after he was released from prison for a rape.

Darryl B. Barwick, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the inmate’s final appeal for a stay of execution earlier in the day.