AND Florida Convicted in the brutal killings of the 8-year-old girl and her grandmother were executed by a deadly injection on Thursday after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
Edward James, 63, was declared dead at 8:15 pm in Florida’s state prison near the town of Starke. Before he was executed, he said he did not want to make a final statement, said Associate Press.
The jury voted 11-1 for the punishment of James to death after admitting guilty for September 19, 1993, the murder of Toni Neuna, 8, and her grandmother, 58-year-old Betty Dick.
James’s final appeal on his execution has rejected Now the Supreme Court Earlier on Thursday, which allowed his death sentence forward.
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Edward James, 63, killed Florida’s state on Thursday because of the killings of 8-year-old Toni Neuna and her grandmother, 58-year-old Betty Dick. (Florida repair department)
When the attack happened, James rented a room at Dick’s house, which was about 10 miles north of Orlando. Neuner and three other children were at home at the night of a deadly attack, although the other three were not saved.
Before returning to his room in the house, court records showed that James had drank up to 24 beers and some alcoholic beverages and took LSD.
Neuner is raped and strangled to death, while Dick was stabbed 21 times. After killing them, James stole women’s jewelry and her car, then drove across the country to Bakersfield, California, where he was arrested on October 6, 1993.
James acknowledged both crimes during the recorded acknowledgment with the police.
The convicted killer becomes the first gas execution in Louisiani after the appeal is rejected
Several complaints claiming that James had cognitive questions that should protect him from execution was filed with state and federal courts, but everyone was rejected.
Earlier this month, Florida Supreme Court He rejected the argument of James’ lawyers that his long -standing use of drugs and alcohol combined with head injuries and heart attacks 2023.
Edward James died a deadly injection after the Florida authorities operated a three -drug state cocktail. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Conystitution via AP)
In the denial, Justices agreed with the decision of a lower court in which cognitive questions mentioned did not protect James from his death penalty. James’ lawyers also tried to claim that the heart attack he experienced in prison led to a lack of oxygen that had influenced his brain, which was to be the basis for stopping the execution plans, but the court denied it.
In Florida, prisoners of Death ROW who select a deadly injection, they receive a cocktail with three drugs consisting of sedatives, paralytic and heart stops, according to the Information Center for Death Penalty.
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James’s execution was marked by another to be held this year in the Sunshine state because James Ford was executed in February for 1997 murders Charlotte’s married couple in front of her child, who survived.
James Ford was executed in February for 1997. (Florida repair department)
The next execution of Florida should be held on April 8, when Michael Tanzi will be killed for the killing of a woman in 2000 in Florida Keys.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
