Death Penalty

Frank Walls' death sentence would be Florida's 19th in 2025, furthering a state record for total executions in a single year. Appeals were still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Frank Walls is convicted of killing two people after breaking into their Okaloosa County home in 1987.

Mark Geralds became the 18th person put to death in Florida this year, further extending the state's record for total executions in a single year.

Richard Barry Randolph, 63, was sentenced to death for killing his former manager at a Palatka convenience store.

Frank Athen Walls faces a Dec. 18 lethal injection for the murder of a couple during home invasion robbery. Walls would be the 19th person set for execution in Florida in 2025.

On "The Florida Roundup," Curtisia Windom opens up about discovering her father killed her mother, grandmother and another man.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we spoke with Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz as the longest federal government shutdown ends, looked at the record-breaking number of executions in Florida this year and more.

Bryan Frederick Jennings, 66, was sentenced to death twice in Brevard County, both of which were reversed on appeal. A final trial in 1986 brought a third death sentence for the murder of Rebecca Kunash.

Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was convicted in the 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone in Panama City Beach. He is scheduled for lethal injection on Dec. 9.

Mark Geralds, 58, was found guilty in 1990 of first-degree murder, armed robbery, burglary and grand theft auto. A jury unanimously recommended the death penalty.

DeSantis said he thinks the death penalty could be a “strong deterrent” if sentences were more quickly carried out.

Authorities say 65-year-old Norman Mearle Grim Jr. was pronounced dead by lethal injection. Grim was convicted of sexual battery and first-degree murder of his neighbor Cynthia Campbell.