Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier — a lethal injection that’s expected to proceed on schedule after he dropped all legal appeals and said he wants to accept his punishment.
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Florida set to execute James Phillip Barnes in nurse's 1988 hammer death
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Florida man who dropped appeals is executed for 1988 hammer killing of a nurse
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier — a
Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier. The execution of 61-year-old James Phillip Barnes is expected to proceed on schedule Thursday evening at Florida State Prison in Starke after he dropped all legal appeals and sa…
Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier — a lethal injection that’s expected to proceed on schedule after he dropped all legal appeals and said he wants to accept his punishment.
A Florida man who dropped all appeals has been executed for the 1988 murder of a woman who was sexually assaulted, killed with a hammer and then set on fire
James Phillip Barnes, 61, was to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. It would mark the fifth execution this year in Florida.
James Phillip Barnes was serving a life sentence for killing his wife, Linda Barnes, in 1997 when he wrote a letter claiming responsibility for killing nurse Patricia Miller.
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