Fla. executes man convicted of old murders

STARKE, Fla. — Florida executed an inmate Thursday who was convicted of killing two people after a night of drinking decades ago.

Michael Lambrix, 57, died by lethal injection at 10:10 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Bradford County.

For his final words, Lambrix said, “I wish to say the Lord’s Prayer.” He recited the words, ending on the line “deliver us from evil,” his voice breaking slightly at times.

When he finished and the drug cocktail began flowing through his veins, Lambrix’s chest heaved and his lips fluttered. This continued for about five minutes, until his lips and eyelids turned silver-blue and he lay motionless. A doctor checked his chest with a stethoscope and shined a light in both of his eyes before pronouncing him dead.

Lambrix was convicted of killing Clarence Moore and Aleisha Bryant in 1983. Lambrix said he was innocent.

Corrections spokeswoman Michelle Glady said Bryant’s sister was the only victims’ family member to attend and she did not wish to speak with reporters afterward.

Lambrix was the second inmate put to death by the state since it restarted executions in August.

Before then, the state had stopped all executions for months after a Supreme Court ruling that found Florida’s method of sentencing people to death was unconstitutional.