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Florida executes a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death sentence

A Florida prisoner who said he killed his cellmate so he could be moved to death row was executed Tuesday, nearly 18 years after the fatal attack. James Robertson, 63, was pronounced dead at 12:32 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He pleaded guilty t...

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