U.S. executions hit 1,000: Figure marks those put to death since '76

A man who went on a 1992 Christmas killing spree that left six people dead, including an 18-year-old mother gunned down at a pay phone, was put to death Tuesday.

It marked the state's second execution in just over a week and the 1,000th in the U.S. since capital punishment resumed in 1976.

Marvallous Keene, 36, who was convicted in five of the murders, chose not to file a late appeal of his death sentence.


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