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Justices rejected arguments about the abuse Victor Tony Jones suffered at the now-shuttered Okeechobee School.

His final appeals denied, 63-year-old David Pittman died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at Florida State Prison.

David Pittman, who was convicted of killing three members of his estranged wife’s family in Mulberry. If he is executed Sept. 17, he would be a record 12th inmate put to death this year in Florida.

If the execution is carried out, Curtis Windom would be the 11th Florida inmate put to death by lethal injection this year — a modern-era record.

It was Florida’s 10th execution of 2025 and further extended the state's record for the number of executions carried out in a single year.

Veterans will present a letter to the governor on Wednesday in Tallahassee, urging him to reconsider the scheduled Aug. 19 execution of Kayle Bates, a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. The letter is signed by more than 130 veterans.

Edward Zakrzewski, 60, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Thursday following a three-drug injection. Florida has executed more people than any other state this year and has two more executions set for August.

Edward Zakrzewski is scheduled for lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday for using a crowbar, rope and machete to murder his wife and two children in 1994 in their Okaloosa County home.

Edward Zakrzewski was sentenced to death for using a crowbar, a rope and a machete to murder his wife and two children in 1994 in their Okaloosa County home.

Kayle Bates was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and attempted sexual battery in the1982 slaying of 24-year-old Janet Renee White of Lynn Haven.

Tuesday’s decision came hours after several religious leaders from across the state marched to the Capitol to call on Gov. Ron DeSantis to pause executions.

Florida may carry out more executions in 2025 than in any other year in recent history. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed nine death warrants so far. Seven have been carried out.