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A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing has been executed.
With Michael Bell's execution in Florida on Tuesday, the U.S. has now had more executions in any given year since 2015, when there were 28.
Barring a reprieve, Michael Bell will become the eighth person put to death in Florida this year, with Edward Zakrzewski scheduled to be the ninth on July 31.
The United States is likely to reach a 10-year high for capital punishment before August arrives with Florida set to execute death row inmate Michael Bernard Bell by lethal injection at 6 p.m. EDT Tue
Michael Bell would be the eighth person put to death in Florida this year, with Edward Zakrzewski scheduled to be the ninth later this month. The state executed six people in 2023 but only one last year.