Victor Tony Jones, who was convicted of murder, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday in the Florida State Prison in Raiford, Sept. 30, and pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. Jones had no final statement.
About 60 protesters against the death penalty held a mass in a field across from death row before Jones’ execution. At 6 p.m., they formed a line to hit a bell with a hammer, shouting, “It’s not in my name.”
“This cycle of violence has to stop,” said the Rev. Philip Egitto of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, who led the group…