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DeSantis signs death warrant for man who asked to be executed: court docs

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant on Thursday for 63-year-old James Robertson, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in 2012.

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  1. Tampa Bay Times

    For the second time, Florida plans to execute 2 men on the same day (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    For the second time in less than a year, Florida is poised to execute two men on the same day. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant Thursday for James Robertson, who murdered a fellow prisoner in 2008 in Charlotte County. He is set to die at noon Oct. 13.

  2. FOX 13 Tampa

    DeSantis signs death warrant for inmate featured in Netflix series, schedules double execution day (opens FOX 13 Tampa)

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    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a record-tying 19th death warrant Thursday, setting an Oct. 13 execution date for an inmate who murdered his cellmate to escape long-term maximum-security conditions. Florida death warrant signed James "Chicken Head" Robertson, 63, is set to die by lethal injection a…

  3. WFLA

    DeSantis signs death warrant for man who asked to be executed: court docs (opens WFLA)

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    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant on Thursday for 63-year-old James Robertson, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in 2012.

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