（法新社華盛頓15日電） 美國男子哈普（WilliamHapp）今晚在佛羅里達州接受注射死刑，臨終前終於坦承27年前殺害1名年輕女子。

51歲的哈普因為在1986年殺害年輕女子克勞里（Angela Crowley），在死囚監獄關了24年。

佛州矯治單位首度利用新毒藥執行死刑，據傳過程不太順利。

佛州新聞媒體報導，行刑過程中，哈普身體不斷抽搐，超過15分鐘才死亡。佛州矯治機關發言人說，他在晚間6時16分宣告死亡。

哈普原有吸毒和酗酒問題，當年在停車場遇見克勞里。克勞里遭性侵後勒死、棄屍河中。

哈普最初因為另1起罪行遭逮捕，但克勞里命案調查人員發現現場足跡是他的之後，才認為他涉案。

哈普臨終前寫道：「27年來，克勞里駭人命案一直籠罩在非直接證據、充滿不確定性的陰影下。為了她的家人、親人和所有關心她的人，我必須極其慚愧地坦承自己犯下這起可怕罪行。」（譯者：中央社盧映孜）

http://tw.news.yahoo.com/嘴硬27年-美死囚伏法前認罪-082009047.html

Florida murderer who raped and killed woman is left writhing in agony and takes twice as long to die as he is executed using new untried lethal injection drug

William Happ, who killed and raped Angie Crowley, 21, in 1986, was pronounced dead at 6.16pm on Tuesday at Florida State Prison in Starke
He was the first to be injected with the drug midazolam hydrochloride, despite concerns it might not work as promised or could inflict undue pain

Happ was pronounced dead 14 minutes after injection - double the amount of time it typically takes using the old formula

Drug replaces the barbiturate pentobarbital, which has long been the first of the drugs administered in Florida... but which is in short supply
It's believed the use of the drug was successful and now other death penalty states are likely to begin using it