Florida is scheduled to execute James Robertson, 63, on Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke. The execution is set to begin at noon with a three-drug injection. Robertson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and waived all appeals in the 2008 strangling of his cellmate, Frank Hart, at Charlotte Correctional Institution north of Fort Myers.
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Florida to execute man who killed cellmate to get a death sentence
James Robertson, who told investigators he strangled his cellmate so he would be sentenced to death, is set to be executed Tuesday at Florida State Prison.
