State Executes HillsCo Man

(Starke, FL) -- A convicted killer from Hillsborough County is dead after he was executed at Florida State Prison. The Florida Department of Corrections says Plant City's Samuel Lee Smithers died at 6:15 eastern time last night. The 72-year-old killed two women almost 30 years ago. Smithers is the 14th person the state has put to death this year. Two more executions are scheduled. The next one will be in two weeks.