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Florida Sets Execution of Frank Athen Walls, Its 19th This Year

Walls’ case caps a record year for executions in the state.

Overview

  • Frank Athen Walls, 58, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. ET at Florida State Prison in Raiford.
  • He was convicted of killing airman Edward Alger and Ann Peterson during a 1987 home invasion in the Florida Panhandle.
  • His 1988 conviction and death sentence were overturned, and he was retried and resentenced to death in 1992.
  • Afterward, DNA evidence tied him to the rape and murder of Audrey Gygi, and he admitted responsibility in two other killings of Tommie Lou Whiddon and Cynthia Sue Condra.
  • The Florida Supreme Court rejected his claims of intellectual disability last week, and his attorneys have appeals pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.