Tag Archives: Florida death penalty

Jerry Correll, sentenced to death after committing four first-degree murders, spent 30 years on death row. On Thursday evening, he was executed.

Johnny Kormondy was executed on Thursday at 8:16 p.m. for the 1993 murder of Gary McAdams and the rape of his wife, Cecilia. Cecilia McAdams attended the execution along with her in-laws.

Chadwick Banks became the 20th person executed under Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday. The 43-year-old was put to death after being convicted in the 1992 slaying of his wife, Cassandra Banks, as well as the rape and murder of his 10-year-old stepdaughter, Melody Cooper. Eighty-nine people have been put to death in Florida since executions resumed in the state in 1979.

Dozens gathered near Starke to hear word on the execution of Juan Carlos Chavez for the 1995 murder of Jimmy Ryce, 9.

Florida executed William Happ on Tuesday for a 1986 murder. The state used a new lethal injection drug, midazolam hydrochloride. Happ was Florida's sixth execution of 2013.

Larry Mann, convicted of the 1981 killing of ten-year-old Elisa Vera Nelson, was executed at the Florida State Prison in Raiford on Wednesday.

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Florida lawmakers rejected a bill Thursday that would have eliminated the state's death penalty. The House of Representatives Criminal Justice committee voted 9 to 4 on the bill.

After he spent nearly 25 years on death row, the State of Florida has executed a former police officer who murdered nine people in 1986.  Investigtors at the time said it was during a three month crime spree, and that most of the victims of Manuel Pardo were involved with …

David Gore has been on Florida’s death row for 29 years. During that time, he began correspondance with a pen pal in Las Vegas and detailed all his murders through a series of letters. Today, he will become the 73rd prisoner to be executed.  Many say the letters he wrote helped push his execution. Since …