Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers for murdering two Tampa women in 1996. Missouri executed Lance Shockley for a state ...

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STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a Plant City pond is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, is set to receive ...

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STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was set to receive a ...

FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, File) FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the 1996 killings of two women whose bodies were left in a rural pond was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 14th execution in Florida this year. Samuel ...