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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.
Ted Bundy, executed in 1989. Prior to 1923, executions in Florida were carried out by county governments, usually by hanging.In 1923, the Florida Legislature made electrocution the official method of execution.
The Tallahassee Democrat is providing real-time updates of Loran Cole's execution. Recap: After 30 years on death row, Loran Cole executed for FSU student's murder Skip to main content
James Dupree Henry (January 17, 1950 – September 20, 1984) was an American criminal who was executed in Florida for the murder of civil rights leader Zellie Riley. [1] Henry slashed Riley's throat during a robbery in Orlando on March 23, 1974.
This warrant – which comes nine months after the state completed its last execution on Oct. 3, 2023, ending a slew of six executions – shows the randomness of death sentences in Florida.
A man convicted of killing two women he met in bars a day apart in Florida in 1996 was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday evening, Florida’s Department of Corrections said.. Michael Duane ...
Pedro Luis Medina (October 5, 1957 – March 25, 1997) was a Cuban refugee who was executed in Florida for the murder of a 52 year old woman in Orlando. The circumstances of his execution elevated objections to the use of electrocution as a means of capital punishment. During his execution, Medina's head burst into flames, filling the death ...
Donald David Dillbeck (May 24, 1963 – February 23, 2023) was an American convicted murderer executed by the state of Florida for killing a woman in a Tallahassee mall parking lot in 1990. This crime occurred after his second escape from prison, where he was serving a life sentence for the 1979 murder of a deputy sheriff.