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James Ernest Hitchcock received a lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison for the July 1976 killing of Cynthia Driggers

Chadwick Willacy, 58, received the three-drug injection for the 1990 killing of Marlys Sather. It was the state's fifth execution in 2026 following a record 19 executions last year.

A Florida man was executed Tuesday night for the rape and murder of a young mom who frantically called 911 for help while she was tied up in her attacker's car. Fifty-four-year-old Michael Lee King received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison.

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.

State attorneys disputed legal representation arguments made by Bryan Frederick Jennings' lawyers aimed at stopping his scheduled execution.

Victor Tony Jones, 64, is scheduled to die Sept. 30. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant the day after the state carried out the year's 11th execution, with the 12th slated for Sept. 17.

Windom received a lethal injection for the 1992 Winter Park murders of girlfriend Valerie Davis, the woman’s mother and the man he said owed him $2,000.

Curtis Windom is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison after his final appeals were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Justices upheld a lower court’s ruling and ruled Bates was “procedurally barred from collaterally raising” a series of arguments that have been previously rejected.

Kayle Bates' attorneys told justices that state prosecutors denied the jury truthful information necessary to a realistic understanding of his potential sentences.

Curtis Windom, 59, is set to die by lethal injection Aug. 28. Eight other executions have taken place in Florida this year, with a ninth scheduled for Thursday and a 10th for Aug. 19.

Michael Bell was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison. Another inmate, Edward Zakrzewski, is scheduled to be the ninth put to death this month.