Overview

• Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, is scheduled for execution at Florida State Prison following his conviction for the 1998 murders of Renee Flaherty and her three children, aged 9, 7, and 4.
• Hutchinson, a Gulf War veteran and former Army Ranger, has long claimed innocence, asserting the killings were carried out by two intruders as part of a government conspiracy.
• Courts rejected Hutchinson's appeals, ruling he is competent to be executed despite defense arguments citing Gulf War Syndrome, brain injuries, and severe mental illness.
• Prosecutors presented evidence including a 911 confession, gunshot residue on Hutchinson, and forensic links to the murders, which the defense disputes.
• Barring intervention by the U.S. Supreme Court or Governor Ron DeSantis, Hutchinson will become the fourth person executed in Florida this year.