ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier—a lethal injection that’s expected to proceed on schedule after he dropped all legal appeals and said he wants to accept his punishment.
James Phillip Barnes, 61, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke. He would be the fifth person put to death in the state this year.
