Overview

• Michael Bell, 54, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford at 6:25 p.m. on July 16.
• He was condemned for the 1993 murders of Jimmy West and Tamecka Smith in Jacksonville during an attempted revenge killing.
• The 26 executions carried out so far in 2025 represent the highest annual total in a decade.
• More than half of this year’s executions have occurred in Florida, Texas and South Carolina under decisions by a few elected officials.
• Authorities have employed 21 lethal injections, three nitrogen inhalation protocols and two firing squads in 2025.