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STARKE, Fla. -- Danny Rolling was executed Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. for the 1990 murders and mutilations of five college students in Gainesville. ... Rolling was strapped on a gurney, placed on a heart monitor and wheeled into the execution chamber late Wednesday afternoon, where the eight carefully marked syringes used in a lethal injection awaited. Local 10 Reporter Witnesses Execution Local 10's Jeff Weinsier was the only South Florida reporter to witness the execution along with family members and others. ... Weinsier said that Rolling died without making any apology to the families or showing any sign of...