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    DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for First Execution of the Year

    By Karen Curtis,

    11 hours ago
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    Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant yesterday for Loran Cole who will be the first person executed in Florida this year.

    He killed 18-year-old FSU student John Edwards while he was camping with his sister at Ocala National Forest in 1994.

    Cole was also found guilty of sexual battery against Edwards' 21-year-old sister.

    “The men who committed these crimes are damnable animals,” then-Marion County Sheriff Ken Ergle said at the time.

    57-year-old Cole will be executed August 29th at Florida State Prison.

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