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Gov. Scott signs death warrant for double-murderer
By tbo.com- James L. Rosica
Published: 09/23/2014

Gov. Rick Scott on Monday ordered the execution of a Gadsden County man convicted of the murder of his wife and the rape and murder of his 10-year-old stepdaughter.

Chadwick Banks, 43, will be put to death 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at Florida State Prison in Raiford, according to a letter signed by Scott that accompanied the death warrant.

Banks, who at the time was on felony probation for aggravated assault, shot wife Cassandra Banks in the head as she slept early on Sept. 24, 1992, according to a news release.

He then went to the bedroom of his stepdaughter, Melody Cooper, where he sexually assaulted her, then also shot her in the head.

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