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Robertson pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and waived all appeals in the 2008 strangling of Frank Hart. He told investigators that he killed his cellmate so he would be moved to death row rather than spend his life in prison. Robertson was 17 when he first went to prison in 1980 for burglary and assault, and accumulated further convictions for escape, battery, and weapons possession while incarcerated. Hart had been imprisoned since 2003 for a sexual battery conviction."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Robertson's execution comes as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis withdrew a death warrant for another prisoner, William Lee Thompson, last week. DeSantis did not provide a reason for the withdrawal, which does not change Thompson's sentence. Thompson remains on death row, and a new warrant could be signed in the future. This is reportedly the first time DeSantis has withdrawn a death warrant. Florida has carried out 19 executions in 2025, more than any other governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the death penalty's effect"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty stated that Robertson's case demonstrates the death penalty may cause the violence it is intended to prevent. The group's legal and policy director, Maria DeLiberato, said in a statement that Hart deserved to be safe in state custody and that his loved ones deserved compassion. The statement added that when someone commits murder to secure their own execution, it prompts a confrontation with the conditions that contributed to that decision."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention the specific method of execution, a three-drug lethal injection, which was detailed in the full report from My Mother Lode."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"Newser","url":"https://newser.com/story/398032/florida-to-execute-inmate-who-killed-in-order-to-die.html","headline":"Florida to Execute Inmate Who Killed in Order to Die","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T12:24:38.013Z"},{"sourceName":"NBC News","url":"https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-execute-prisoner-killed-cellmate-hopes-getting-death-sentence-rcna603159","headline":"Florida to execute a prisoner who killed his cellmate in hopes of getting a death 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