Man sentenced to death for killing grocery store owner

Melvin Trotter, 65, is scheduled for execution in Florida on Tuesday evening after being convicted of murdering grocery store owner Virgie Langford during a 1986 robbery. Trotter initially received the death penalty in 1987, and after a retrial in 1993, he was again sentenced to death. This marks the second execution in Florida this year, following a record 19 executions in 2022, with more scheduled in the coming months.

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