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  • The families of the victims Greg and Kim Malnory wait while Ted Veerman, Florida Department of Corrections communications director, speaks at the press conference after James D. Ford is executed at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Kat Tran/Fresh Take Florida)
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    James D. Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in southwest Florida while their toddler looked on, was executed by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison on Thursday and pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. Around 25 people witnessed the execution and Ford had no final statement, according to The Associated Press.
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping new law Thursday that puts him in charge of a new state board of immigration enforcement, toughens punishments for crimes committed by immigrants in the U.S. illegally and requires state and local governments to cooperate with federal deportation efforts. The new law also cancels in-state tuition for immigrants at Florida’s public colleges and universities who are here illegally and prohibits the state from issuing driver’s licenses to those immigrants.
  • Florida State Prison is located in Raiford, Fla. (Augustus Hoff/Fresh Take Florida)
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    Gov. Ron DeSantis signed James D. Ford's execution order earlier this year and set his execution for Thursday. His attorneys have challenged longstanding federal and state precedent in attempts to avoid his death, but the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal Wednesday.
  • During an appearance at a boat show in Miami Beach, the governor said he was announcing a “boater freedom initiative” that would change Florida’s existing laws permitting inspections and searches of boats under the justification of safety checks.
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