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A man convicted of fatally shooting two people outside a Florida bar in 1993 as part of an attempted revenge killing has been executed.
With Michael Bell's execution in Florida on Tuesday, the U.S. has now had more executions in any given year since 2015, when there were 28.
Before he received the lethal injection, Bell's last words were, surprisingly, of gratitude — though it's unclear who they were directed towards.
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WWSB Tampa on MSNFlorida has tied a modern-era record with its eighth execution in one yearMichael Bell was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison. Another inmate, Edward Zakrzewski, is scheduled to be the ninth put to death this month.