James D. Ford, who was convicted of killing a young married couple on a remote fishing trip, is scheduled to be executed ...

The Florida Legislature passed a law replacing that method with an electric chair, which was built by prison inmates. The first person electrocuted by the state was Frank Johnson in 1924 ...

James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, state officials said. Ford was convicted in a jury trial of the murders of Gregory ...