Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old man for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of executions.

Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers for murdering two Tampa women in 1996. Missouri executed Lance Shockley for a state trooper's 2005 murder.

Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old man for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of executions.