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US executes murderer who 'had dementia and didn't understand his punishment'

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A murderer has been executed in the US despite his lawyers objections that he has dementia and no longer understands his punishment.

The U.S. Department of Justice executed convicted murderer Wesley Purkey on Thursday, in the second federal execution in a week after a 17-year pause.

The 68-year-old was convicted in 2003 of violently raping and murdering Jennifer Long, aged 16, before dumping her dismembered and burned remains in a septic pond.

Long had skipped school on the January morning in 1998 when she was lured into the pickup truck of Purkey, a stranger who was high on crack.

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