Jim Turner - News Service of Florida

The 19 executions carried out by the state in 2025 were the most for a single year in Florida since capital punishment was revived after a four-year hiatus in 1976 by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Terrorism labels were applied to a series of groups, including CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and the antifa movement. The ACLU, representing CAIR-Florida, will file for a preliminary injunction.

Williams Reaves shot Deputy Sheriff Richard Raczkowski four times in the back outside a Zippy Mart convenience store near Vero Beach in 1986.

The August figure represents 502,000 unemployed Floridians out of a workforce of 11.1 million, 12,000 fewer people than a month earlier.

William Lee Thompson, 74, is slated for lethal injection on Oct. 13 for the murder, kidnapping and sexual battery of Sally Ivester. It's the 17th death warrant signed this year by the governor.

The board itself is asked to consider requiring financial literacy training and advisors for student-athletes, along with establishing trusts for student-athletes to manage “name, image and likeness” earnings.

Increased attention has already been cast on several races as the cycle moved from the primary election to the general election, and in most cases, the Republican candidate has more resources than their Democratic opponent.

FWC officials have warned that a move to lower the kill count by bear hunt opponents by securing numerous permits would likely result in an increase quota for subsequent hunts.

Two other lethal injections are scheduled before Curtis Beasley's on Sept. 29. He was found guilty of killing Carolyn Monfort, 62, of Dundee. Beasley is slated to be the 16th person executed in the state this year.

Daniel Owen Conahan, 72, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Sept. 10.