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Attorney: Botched Tennessee execution should ‘force reckoning’ in Florida

States Newsroom · October 2, 2026

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Thursday, scheduling James Robertson’s execution for Oct. 13, the same day his administration plans to execute William Lee Thompson. They would be the 17th and 18th executions this year and the second time this year that Florida would execute two inmates on the same day. The…

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Attorney: Botched Tennessee execution should ‘force reckoning’ in Florida

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