一名77岁的佛罗里达州男子因用锤子将一名女子殴打致死而被定罪，定于周二执行死刑，这将是该州今年的第16起死刑执行。柯蒂斯·威尔基·比斯利因1995年谋杀卡罗琳·蒙福特案件，被判犯有一级谋杀、抢劫和重窃汽车罪，并被判处死刑。
A 77-year-old Florida man convicted of beating a woman to death with a hammer is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday, in what would be the 16th execution this year in the state. Curtis Wilkie Beasley was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder, robbery and grand theft auto in the 1995 killing of Carolyn Monfort.
上周，佛罗里达州最高法院驳回了上诉，该上诉辩称考虑到比斯利的年龄及其患有认知功能衰退，执行死刑将构成残酷和非同寻常的惩罚。最后一项上诉仍在美国最高法院待决。
Last week, the Florida Supreme Court rejected appeals that argued executing Beasley at his age, and while he is suffering from cognitive decline, would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. A final appeal is still pending before the US Supreme Court.
比斯利将于下午6点在州立监狱接受三药注射死刑。若执行，他将成为佛罗里达州今年第七名被执行死刑的70岁以上囚犯。这是本周美国计划进行的两起死刑执行之一。在田纳西州，50岁的克里斯塔·派克定于周三被执行死刑。她因青少年时期因嫉妒杀害同学而被定罪，将成为该州200年来首名被执行死刑的女性。
Beasley is due to receive a three-drug lethal injection at the state prison from 6 pm. If carried out, he would be Florida’s seventh prisoner aged over 70 to be executed this year. It is one of two executions scheduled in the US this week. In Tennessee, Christa Pike, 50, is due to be executed on Wednesday. She was convicted of killing a classmate in a jealous rage when they were both teenagers, and would become the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.
根据法庭记录，1995年8月，比斯利住在奥兰多以南邓迪的蒙福特家中，当时他在为她女婿拥有的附近公寓做高压清洗和油漆工作。蒙福特的女儿因两天联系不上母亲而前往房屋，在溅满血迹的洗衣房发现了她的尸体。调查人员称，蒙福特头部遭受多处钝器伤，附近发现一把裹在毛巾里的沾血锤头。
According to court records, Beasley had been staying at Monfort’s home in Dundee, south of Orlando, in August 1995 while he was pressure washing and painting nearby apartments owned by her son-in-law. Monfort’s daughter went to the house after being unable to contact her for two days and found her body in a blood-spattered laundry room. Investigators said Monfort had suffered multiple blunt-force injuries to the head, and a bloody hammer head was found wrapped in a towel nearby.
一名目击者报告称看到比斯利驾驶一辆后来被确认为蒙福特的汽车，警方随即开始搜寻比斯利。调查人员称，他先前往迈阿密，后搬到阿拉巴马州，在那里以假名为一家电气公司工作时被捕。
Authorities began looking for Beasley after a witness reported seeing him driving what was later identified as Monfort’s car. Investigators said he travelled to Miami and later moved to Alabama, where he was arrested while working under a fake name for an electrical company.
他于1998年因谋杀罪被判处死刑。根据报告，比斯利将成为今年美国第29名被执行死刑的人，佛罗里达州占总数的一半以上。该州的执行死刑人数正逼近去年的19人，这是自1976年死刑恢复以来佛罗里达州的纪录。7月，佛罗里达州一天内执行了两名囚犯，成为近十年来首个这样做的州。
He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1998. Beasley would be the 29th person executed in the US this year, with Florida accounting for more than half of the total, according to the report. The state is nearing last year’s figure of 19 executions, which was a record in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. In July, Florida executed two prisoners on the same day, becoming the first state in nearly a decade to do so.
今年佛罗里达州还有两起死刑执行计划，尽管共和党州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯已暂时暂停了下一起。74岁的威廉·李·汤普森定于10月13日被执行死刑，罪名是1976年在佛罗里达州一家汽车旅馆强奸并殴打致死一名女子。本月早些时候，一名医生称汤普森可能患有痴呆症，德桑蒂斯下令由三名精神科医生组成的小组于周四对其进行检查，以确定他是否具备被执行死刑的能力。
Two more executions are scheduled in Florida this year, although Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has temporarily paused the next one. William Lee Thompson, 74, is scheduled to be executed on October 13 for raping and fatally beating a woman at a Florida motel in 1976. After a doctor said this month that Thompson might be suffering from dementia, DeSantis ordered a panel of three psychiatrists to examine him on Thursday to determine whether he is competent to be executed.
德桑蒂斯在2023年和2025年曾发布过类似的暂停令，但两次评估后执行均照常进行。77岁的威廉·里夫斯定于10月20日被执行死刑，罪名是1986年在一家便利店外枪杀一名副警长。
DeSantis had issued similar stays in 2023 and 2025, but both executions later went ahead after evaluations. William Reaves, 77, has an execution date of October 20 after being convicted of fatally shooting a deputy outside a convenience store in 1986.
根据惩教部门的说法，佛罗里达州所有死刑均通过注射死刑执行，使用一种镇静剂、一种肌肉松弛剂和一种停止心脏跳动的药物。比斯利的案件目前正处于最后上诉阶段，并与今年佛罗里达州的一系列死刑执行并列。PTI供稿- 结束
All executions in Florida are carried out by lethal injection using a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections. Beasley’s case now stands alongside a pending final appeal and a wider run of executions in Florida this year. With PTI Inputs- Ends