Melvin Trotter to Be Executed in Florida for the 1986 Shop Murder

Florida is scheduled to execute Melvin Trotter by lethal injection for the 1986 murder of grocery store owner Virgie Langford.The execution follows the denial of final appeals by the USA Supreme Court after Melvin Trotter spent nearly 40 years on death row.This marks the second execution in the state this year under Ron DeSantis as Florida maintains a high rate of capital punishment.