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Man convicted of killing a grocery store owner is set to be executed in Florida
Melvin Trotter faces lethal injection for the 1986 murder of Virgie Langford; Florida executed 19 people in 2025, the highest since 1976, officials said.
- At 6 p.m., the Florida Department of Corrections plans to begin a three-drug lethal injection on Tuesday, with Melvin Trotter, 65, scheduled for execution.
- In 1986, investigators say Trotter attacked Virgie Langford at her Palmetto store; a truck driver found Langford alive, and police found a T-shirt with the victim's blood type and a handprint on a meat cooler.
- Initially convicted in 1987, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing after finding errors, and in 1993, Trotter was resentenced to death again.
- Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court denied Trotter's appeals while final appeals were pending Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court; his attorneys argued Florida mismanaged protocols and cited his age, 65.
- Two Florida executions are scheduled in March, following a record 19 last year and 47 executions nationwide in 2025.
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Sotomayor expresses concerns about Florida’s lethal injection protocol
Justice Sonia Sotomayor expressed concerns about Florida’s lethal injection procedure on Tuesday, urging more transparency as the Supreme Court denied a man’s emergency bid to avoid execution later in the day. The seniormost liberal justice voted with her colleagues to allow Melvin Trotter’s execution to move forward over the 1986 murder of a grocery store owner, saying Trotter hadn’t shown enough evidence that the state will mangle the procedu…
A man convicted of killing a convenience store owner during a robbery in the late 1980s was executed in Florida on Monday, the second execution of the year in the US state. Melvin Trotter, 65, was convicted of first-degree murder after he strangled and stabbed Virgie Langford in her Palmetto store in 1986, Sky News reports. Trotter was first sentenced to death in 1987, but the Florida Supreme Court found several errors in the trial court and ord…
Florida Executes Melvin Trotter for 1986 Grocer Murder
A man convicted of murdering a 70-year-old grocer during a 1986 robbery is scheduled for execution today. Florida is set to execute Melvin Trotter for the murder of 70-year-old Virgie Langford on 16 June 1986. Trotter, 65, will become the second person executed in the state this year. Florida State Prison is set to administer Trotter's three-drug injection on 24 February at 6:00pm. Trotter first received the death penalty in 1987 after being con…
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