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Indiana man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old girl is executed by injection

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An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl was executed by injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year.

Roy Lee Ward, 53, was put to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City.

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