Florida to Execute Revenge Killer Tomorrow
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Michael Bernard Bell, 54, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in Florida on Tuesday for the 1993 murders of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith. Bell, convicted in 1995, carried out the killings in a revenge attempt, mistakenly targeting West who had purchased the car of his brother's killer. This would be Florida's eighth execution this year, the highest in the US. Bell's attorneys have filed appeals citing new evidence, but these were rejected by the Florida Supreme Court. A US Supreme Court appeal is pending.
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