By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press STARKE, Fla. (AP) β Florida carried out its 18th execution of the year on Tuesday under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis β aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the September 1986 shooting death of Indian River County sheriffβs deputy Richard Raczkoski. The death chamber curta
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Florida carried out its 17th execution of 2026 on October 15, putting James Robertson to death for the 2008 strangling of his cellmate, Frank Richard Hart. Robertsonβs final words were βNah, Iβm straight,β and he smiled at observers before the lethal injection began at 12:22 p.m. inside Florida State Prison in Starke. Two more executionsβ¦
Un preso de Florida que matΓ³ a su compaΓ±ero de celda para ser sentenciado a muerte fue ejecutado el martes, casi 18 aΓ±os despuΓ©s del crimen. James Robertson, de 63 aΓ±os, fue declarado muerto a las 12:32 de la tarde tras recibir una inyecciΓ³n de tres fΓ‘rmacos en la PrisiΓ³n Estatal de Florida, cerca de Starke. Se declarΓ³ culpable de asesinato en primer grado y renunciΓ³ a todas las apelaciones en el estrangulamiento de Frank Hart en 2008. La ejecuciΓ³n de Robertson se prod
Un preso de Florida que matΓ³ a su compaΓ±ero de celda para ser sentenciado a muerte fue ejecutado el martes, casi 18 aΓ±os despuΓ©s del crimen. James Robertson, de 63 aΓ±os, fue declarado muerto a las 12:32 de la tarde tras recibir una inyecciΓ³n de tres fΓ‘rmacos en la PrisiΓ³n Estatal de Florida, cerca de Starke. Se declarΓ³ culpable de asesinato en primer grado y renunciΓ³ a todas las apelaciones en el estrangulamiento de Frank Hart en 2008. La ejecuciΓ³n de Robertson se prod
A Florida prisoner who claimed he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row is set to be executed Tuesday, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack. James Robertson, 63, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and waived all appeals in the 2008 strangling of Frank Hart. Robertson is set to receive a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke starting at noon. Robertson was supposed to be one of two executions carried out by Florida on Tuesday, but Gov. Ron D
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