Overview
- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed death warrants scheduling Edward Zakrzewski’s execution for July 31, Kayle Barrington Bates’s for Aug. 19 and Curtis Windom’s for Aug. 28 at Florida State Prison.
- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Zakrzewski’s final appeal Wednesday, clearing the way for his lethal injection Thursday evening.
- Zakrzewski was convicted of killing his wife and two children with a machete in Okaloosa County in 1994.
- Curtis Windom, sentenced to death for a 1992 triple homicide in Orange County, faces a pending appeal before the Florida Supreme Court.
- Florida has led the nation in executions this year with eight carried out and 11 now scheduled.