Edward James was executed by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison on May 20, 2025. (Photo via Florida Department of Corrections)
The state of Florida carried out the execution of Edward James by lethal injection on Thursday night for the 1993 murders of a Seminole County woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter.
It took place at 8:15 p.m. at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied final appeals for James to avoid execution earlier on Thursday.
James, 63, pled guilty on two counts of first-degree murder in 1995 for the murders of Toni Neuner and her grandmother, 58-year-old Betty Dick, in Castleberry in 1993. He was sentenced to death in August 1995.
Brenda Teed, Betty Dick’s daughter, told WESH-TV after James had been put to death that the case was something her family had “been dealing with for 31 years. It has hit us in places that you can’t imagine.”
James is the second inmate in Florida to be executed this year, and the 10th inmate in the United States, according to USA Today. On March 10, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for Michael Tanzi to take place on April 8. Tanzi was sentenced to death in 2003 for the 2000 death of Janet Acosta.
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