Florida Death Row Inmate Awaits Supreme Court Decision Before Scheduled Execution

Edward James, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother, faces execution on March 20, with his attorneys citing cognitive decline in a last-minute appeal.

• Edward James, 63, was convicted of raping and murdering 8-year-old Toni Neuner and murdering her grandmother Betty Dick in 1993 in Seminole County, Florida.
• James has been on death row for over 30 years and is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on March 20, 2025, at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison.
• His attorneys have filed a final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that his cognitive decline makes the execution unconstitutional under the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
• The Florida Supreme Court and federal appeals courts have already denied prior requests to delay the execution.
• If carried out, this will be Florida's second execution in 2025, following the February execution of James Dennis Ford for a 1997 double murder.

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