Man Executed in Florida After Killing Two Women

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was executed in Florida on Tuesday for the 1996 murders of two women, marking the state’s 14th execution this year, surpassing its previous record of eight in 2014. Smithers, who had been on death row since 1999, was pronounced dead following a lethal injection, with his execution occurring shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal.

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