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flag Florida has set Feb. 24, 2026, for the execution of Melvin Trotter, 65, convicted of a 1986 murder during a robbery.

flag Florida has scheduled Melvin Trotter, 65, for execution by lethal injection on February 24, 2026, for the 1986 murder of grocery store owner Virgie Langford during a robbery in Palmetto. flag Governor Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant, making Trotter Florida’s second execution of 2026. flag Trotter was originally sentenced to death in 1987, but a Florida Supreme Court ruling led to a resentencing in 1993 due to legal errors. flag Evidence included a T-shirt with Langford’s blood type and Trotter’s handprint at the scene, along with a description of the attacker using a Tropicana badge with the name “Melvin.” His legal team plans to appeal to both the Florida and U.S. Supreme Courts. flag Florida executed a record 19 inmates in 2025—the most since the death penalty’s reinstatement in 1976—and led the nation in executions, contributing to a national total of 47, the highest since 2009.

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