ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Florida is preparing to execute a man convicted of strangling his wife and brutally murdering another woman years earlier <a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/florida-set-to-execute-inmate-james-phillip-barnes-in-nurses-1988-hammer-killing/">Read More</a>
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Scheduled to die in Florida's execution chamber, Brevard County convicted double-murderer James Barnes asked to fire his attorneys and dismiss all legal proceedings last month in order to “proceed straight to execution,” a court transcript shows.