Under the state's execution protocols, the firing squad will put a hood over Mahdi's head and shoot him in the heart ...

The state's execution protocols called for a hood to be pulled over Mahdi's head before three volunteer corrections staff ...

A Florida death row inmate became the second man to be executed in the U.S. today and the fourth this week. Edward Thomas James, 63, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the brutal ...

A Florida death row inmate became the second man to be executed in the U.S. today and the fourth this week. Edward Thomas James, 63, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the brutal 1993 ...

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