Overview

• Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a warrant on August 15 scheduling 63-year-old David Pittman’s execution for September 17 at Florida State Prison.
• This year’s twelve warrants surpass Florida’s previous modern-era high of eight executions in a single calendar year.
• Pittman’s case is now before the Florida Supreme Court on an expedited docket that requires all defense filings by late August.
• Court records show a witness spotted Pittman fleeing a burning car, a jailhouse informant reported a confession, and a medical examiner confirmed stab wounds as the cause of death.
• Kayle Bates and Curtis Windom face imminent executions with pending appeals in federal and state courts that challenge the state’s week-long litigation windows and allege statistical racial bias.