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In an unusual move, Norman Grim, 65, will not attempt to try to prevent his Oct. 28 execution, according to court documents.

Samuel Lee Smithers was one of the oldest inmates put to death. His lethal injection extended the state's record for executions in a year to 14, with two more slated in the weeks ahead.

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Victor Tony Jones, 64, received a lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison near Starke.

As attorneys for Victor Tony Jones ask the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his exeuction, Norman Mearle Grim Jr. has been scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct. 28.

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.