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Florida Carries Out Two Executions in One Day, First Double Execution Since 1964

The back-to-back lethal injections reflect Governor Ron DeSantis’s rapid use of capital punishment and have intensified legal and moral challenges to the state’s death‑penalty practices.

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Alabama Set to Execute Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen as Victim’s Son Seeks Clemency

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last yr.

DeSantis Signs Warrant Setting Oct. 14 Execution for Samuel Smithers

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Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection

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last yr.

Florida Executes Michael Bernard Bell in 26th U.S. Execution of 2025

Execution Procedures

Florida Carries Out Two Executions in One Day, First Double Execution Since 1964

Florida Executes Richard Knight for 2000 Murders

Florida Executes James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, for 1976 Murder

South Carolina High Court Sets Nov. 14 Execution for Stephen Bryant

Alabama Set to Execute Geoffrey Todd West by Nitrogen as Victim’s Son Seeks Clemency

DeSantis Signs Warrant Setting Oct. 14 Execution for Samuel Smithers

Florida Breaks Single-Year Execution Record With Ninth Lethal Injection

Florida Executes Michael Bernard Bell in 26th U.S. Execution of 2025