Overview

• Thomas Lee Gudinas, convicted in 1995 for the rape and murder of Michelle McGrath in Orlando, was put to death by lethal injection on June 24 at Florida State Prison near Starke.
• Gudinas’s execution was the seventh carried out by Florida in 2025, more than any other state this year.
• The Florida Supreme Court denied Gudinas’s final appeal on procedural grounds, marking its 140th consecutive ruling against death row inmates.
• His attorneys petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review Governor Ron DeSantis’s discretionary authority over death warrants and to release internal records on his selection process.
• Legal advocates argued that Gudinas’s severe mental illness should have exempted him from execution under constitutional protections.