# Florida executes inmate who took his cellmate’s life because he wanted death penalty

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- Published: 2026-10-15T20:12:40+00:00
- Author: Olamide

An inmate who took the life of his cellmate because he wanted a death sentence has
been executed.

 

James Robertson, 63, died after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida State
Prison on Tuesday, October 13. He was pronounced dead about 10 minutes after the
lethal injection was administered.

 

Robertson declined to give a final statement when asked if he had any last words.

 

“Nah, I’m straight,” he responded.

 

Robertson’s execution comes after the botched execution of Christa Pike, who survived
two doses of pentobarbital and was rushed to hospital. Pike has since been discharged
and returned to prison.

 

“Florida has a sound lethal injection process and protocol,” Jordan Kirkland, a 
state Department of Corrections spokesperson, said at a news conference ahead of
the execution.

 

While he could not speak about Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol, Kirkland said
Florida would make sure its process was “humane and dignified.”

 

Florida injects death row inmates with a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that 
stops the heart when they are put to death, according to the state Department of
Corrections.

 

Robertson had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for strangling his cellmate,
Frank Hart, as he was sleeping in 2008. He waived all appeals and told investigators
that he unalived the man so he would be given the death penalty and not have to 
live out the rest of his days behind bars.

 

Hart was killed just eight days before he was set to be released, according to his
daughter, Rebecca Hart, who emphasized that her father was not only a piece of Robertson’s
story.

 

“When someone you love is taken from you in such a violent way, the world keeps 
moving, even when a part of yours feels like it has stopped,” she told reporters
outside the prison. “Other people go on with their lives, but you carry your loss
into every tomorrow.”

 

Hart was sentenced to prison in 2003 following a sexual battery conviction.

 

Robertson was only 17 years old when he was sent to prison in 1980 for burglary 
and assault. Additional convictions for escape, battery, and weapons offenses extended
his prison sentence.

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  TL;DR (AI Generated)

Florida executed 63-year-old James Robertson via lethal injection at Florida State
Prison.

Robertson had intentionally killed his sleeping cellmate in 2008 specifically to
receive the death penalty and avoid spending his life in prison.

He waived all of his appeals and declined to offer any final words before his execution
was carried out.

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