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The execution chamber in Florida State Prison. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Florida. Since 1976, the state has executed 106 convicted murderers, all at Florida State Prison. [1] As of October 12, 2024, 280 offenders are awaiting execution. [2]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. The total amounts to 106 people. Of the 106 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 62 have been executed by lethal injection .
On April 6, 1997, 25-year-old Gregory "Greg" Philip Malnory (July 18, 1971 – April 6, 1997) and his 26-year-old wife Kimberly "Kim" Ann Malnory (née Parkinson; November 9, 1970 – April 6, 1997) were murdered by James Dennis Ford (born July 23, 1960) at South Florida Sod Farm in Charlotte County, Florida, after Ford lured the couple to the farm under the pretense of a fishing trip.
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The East Unit became a separate institution in July 1972, renamed Florida State Prison. The original prison site became known as Union Correctional Institution. In 1983, a Corrections Officer was stabbed to death by two inmates. [6] A new Death Row was constructed in 1992, coinciding with the relocation of inmates from the State Prison next ...
Florida lawmakers twice reduced the penalty for the drug trafficking charge for which he was sentenced to 25 years. If he were sentenced today, the maximum penalty would be seven years.
The prison now known as Florida State Prison opened in 1961 as the East Annex; at the time of opening it began to house the execution chamber. [15] At some point the Broward Correctional Institution housed female death row inmates. [16] Lowell Annex opened in April 2002. [17] The female death row was moved to Lowell Annex in February 2003. [18]