The state of Florida executed 64-year-old Victor Tony Jones on Tuesday at 6:13 p.m. by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of a married couple he worked for. His last words were, “No, sir,” according to a witness of his execution.
He is the 13th person executed in Florida this year, which is the most of any U.S. state this year and a record for the state. In 2014, Florida executed eight people, its highest number before this year. Florida has executed 119 people, including Jones, since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
The crime …