A man in Florida, Michael Bernard Bell, is set to be executed for the fatal shooting of a man and a woman outside a bar in a revenge killing plot. Bell, 54, was convicted in 1995 for the murders of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith. The execution is scheduled at Florida State Prison near Starke. Bell’s planned lethal injection would make him the eighth person to be executed in Florida this year. In 1993, Bell targeted individuals he believed were linked to the fatal shooting of his brother earlier that year. The attack resulted in the deaths of West and Smith, leading to Bell’s conviction. Despite appeals, the courts have upheld Bell’s sentence, citing strong evidence.
