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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 105 people. Of the 105 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 61 have been executed by lethal injection .
In 1999, the state of Florida heard a petition from Thomas Harrison Provenzano, another death row inmate, arguing that the electric chair was a "cruel and unusual punishment". As of 2023, Davis was the last Florida inmate executed by electric chair.
Capital punishment in Florida. 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 105 convicted murderers, all at Florida State Prison. [1] As of May 1, 2024, 278 offenders are awaiting execution.
As of October 1, 2023, there were 2,262 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
Associated Press. Retrieved July 20, 2023. ^ Gattis, Paul (July 21, 2023). "Alabama Death Row inmate James Barber executed for 2001 Madison County murder". al.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023. ^ Lieb, David A. (August 2, 2023). "Missouri man executed for 2002 abduction, killing of 6-year-old girl lured to abandoned factory". Associated Press.
Imprisoned at. Florida State Prison [1] Louis Bernard Gaskin (March 11, 1967 – April 12, 2023) was an American convicted murderer who was executed in Florida for the 1989 murders of Robert and Georgette Sturmfels in Palm Coast. [2] He was also convicted of the attempted murders of Joseph and Mary Rector. He was popularly known as the Ninja ...
Florida. Date apprehended. December 12, 1997. James Phillip Barnes (March 7, 1962 – August 3, 2023) was an American murderer and self-identified serial killer who was executed by the state of Florida for the 1988 rape and murder of Patricia Miller. After converting to Islam and saying that he wanted to clear his conscience, he confessed to ...
On July 14, 2020, Daniel Lewis Lee became the first inmate executed by the federal government since 2003. Thirteen federal death row inmates have been executed since federal executions resumed in July 2020, all under Trump. The last and most recent federal execution was of Dustin Higgs, who was executed on January 16, 2021.