Florida State Prison

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.

Michael Bell would be the eighth person put to death in Florida this year, with Edward Zakrzewski scheduled to be the ninth later this month. The state executed six people in 2023 but only one last year.

Edward J. Zakrzewski II pleaded guilty to strangling his wife to death and using a machete to kill his two children in Okaloosa County. He is slated for execution July 31.

Thomas Lee Gudinas marks the seventh person put to death in Florida this year. A total of 23 men have been executed in the U.S. this year, with scheduled executions set to make 2025 the year with the most executions since 2015.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Anthony Wainwright's appeal, allowing the state to carry out his scheduled execution on Tuesday.

Anthony Wainwright faces a lethal injection Tuesday for a 1994 murder. In another death warrant appeal, Thomas Gudinas has asked the Florida Supreme Court to have his mental illness reevaluated.

Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, is set to die by lethal injection June 24 for the murder of Michelle McGrath, whose body was found in an downtown alley. It's the seventh Florida execution schedule this year.

Rogers, 62, received a lethal injection at Florida State Prison. He was convicted in the fatal stabbing of Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two. Rogers is the fifth inmate put to death in Florida this year.

Anthony Wainwright, convicted of killing Carmen Gayheart, is scheduled for lethal injection on June 10. Meantime, attorneys for Glen Rogers have gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent his Thursday execution.

Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. Thursday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was the fourth person executed this year in Florida.

Barring a last-minute reprieve, Jeffrey Hutchinson is set to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday, The execution, if carried out, will be the fourth in Florida this year.

The court turned down two appeals Friday from Jeffrey Hutchinson after denying another appeal earlier in the week. A federal appeals court last week also refused to stop his lethal injection.