Florida to execute man who demanded death penalty for 2008 prison murder

A 63-year-old Florida prisoner who admitted to strangling his cellmate in 2008 so he could be sent to death row is set to be executed on Tuesday. James Robertson is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke after waiving all post-conviction appeals.Florida inmate to be executed TuesdayRobertson was serving a sentence for burglary and assault when he choked his cellmate, Frank Hart, to death at Charlotte Correctional Institution in December 2008. Robertson told investigators the attack was unprovoked and that he killed Hart specifically to receive a death sentence.He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, waived a jury penalty phase, and repeatedly refused to make final appeals to state or federal courts.It is not clear what specific prison conditions drove Robertson to seek a death sentence over living out his life in state custody.DeSantis withdraws second warrantGov. Ron DeSantis withdrew a death warrant last week for 74-year-old William L