Man convicted of triple murder put to death in Florida in state's 11th execution this year
Authorities said Curtis Windom, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection.
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Authorities said Curtis Windom, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. after receiving a three-drug injection.
The 10th execution carried out by the state of Florida in 2025 extends the state's record for executions in a single year.
The execution of Edward Zakrzewski set a record for the most in Florida in a single year, 9, since the death penalty was restored.
Curtis Windom, 59, is scheduled to be executed Aug. 28 at Florida State Prison.
Kayle Barrington Bates could be the 10th inmate put to death by lethal injection this year in the state.
A man who fatally shot another man and a woman outside a Florida bar as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed Tuesday.
Thomas Lee Gudinas became the seventh person executed in Florida this year, with an eighth execution scheduled for July.
Anthony Wainwright was the sixth inmate put to death by lethal injection this year in Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Thomas Gudinas, convicted of a 1994 rape and murder in Orlando.
Convicted killer Glen Rogers, once speculated to have ties to the O.J. Simpson case, was executed for the 1995 murder of a woman in a Tampa motel.
The victim, 23-year-old Carmen Gayheart, was abducted while loading groceries into her vehicle on her way to pick up her two young children from daycare.
Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, was the fourth person executed this year in Florida under death warrants signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a fifth execution set for May 15.
A judge has ruled that Jeffrey Hutchinson is "sane and competent to be executed," prompting his attorneys to appeal to the Florida Supreme Court.
Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison.
Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection cocktail to fail.
A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs has been executed.
Michael Tanzi was convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death in the Keys.
Edward James is scheduled to be executed on March 20 at Florida State Prison.
A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in front of the couple's toddler has received a lethal injection in the state's first execution of the year.
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A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman and raping the murder victim's older sister while the siblings camped in a national forest 30 years ago was executed Thursday.
Loran Cole was sentenced to death in the 1994 murder of John Edwards.
A death row inmate in Alabama was executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It marked the first U.S. execution carried out this way.
A jury has recommended that a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank five years ago.
A Florida man will soon learn whether he will be sentenced to death or life in prison for fatally shooting five women in a bank in 2019.
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The project focuses on collecting floating coral egg and sperm bundles, which are fertilized and grown into "baby corals" before being attached to existing reefs once they reach a specific size.
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A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
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