Death Warrant

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 9 signed a death warrant for Ronald Heath, 64, who would be the first Florida inmate executed in 2026.

Melvin Trotter was sentenced to death in the June 1986 murder of Virgie Langford, 70.

Ronald Palmer Heath is scheduled to die by lethal injection Feb. 10. According to court records, Heath and his brother robbed and killed a traveling salesman they met a bar in 1989.

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, 58, was convicted in the July 22, 1987, murders of Edward Alger and Ann Peterson, who died of gunshot wounds after Walls broke into their Okaloosa County home, according to court documents.

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.

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.