A Florida man convicted of the brutal murder of a college freshman and the rape of the victim’s older sister during a 1994 camping trip was executed on Thursday. Loran Cole, 57, was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, where he was pronounced dead at 18:15 local time (23:15 BST). Cole was sentenced to death for the killing of 18-year-old John Edwards, a Florida State University student, and was serving two life sentences for the rape of Edwards’ 21-year-old sister, Pam, who was a senior at Eckerd College. The US Supreme Court denied Cole’s final appeal against the death pe…