
Florida executes man convicted of killing 8-year-old girl, her grandmother
A Florida man convicted of murdering an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother in 1993 was executed Thursday evening after decades on death row. Prison officials confirmed that Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8:15 pm following a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. James had pleaded guilty to the September 19,…