Executions & Deaths on Florida's Death Row

This page tracks each death warrant issued in Florida as well as deaths on Florida’s death row. The information is by year and updated as information becomes available.

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2026

Death Warrants in 2026

1. Ronald Heath - Executed February 10, 2026 (Warrant January 9)

   1. Read about Heath’s case here.

   2. Read about Heath’s execution here.

2. Melvin Trotter - Executed February 24, 2026 (Warrant January 23)

   1. Read about Trotter’s case here.

   2. Read about Trotter’s execution here.

3. Billy Kearse - Executed March 3, 2026 (Warrant January 29)

   1. Read about Kearse’s case here.

   2. Read about Kearse’s execution here.

4. Michael King - Executed March 17, 2026 (Warrant February 13)

   1. Read about King’s case here.

   2. Read about King’s execution here.

5. James Duckett - STAYED - (Warrant February 27)

   1. Read about Duckett’s case here.

6. Chadwick Willacy - Execution Scheduled April 21, 2026 (Warrant March 13)

   1. Read about Willacy’s case here.

7. James Hitchcock - Execution Scheduled April 30, 2026 (Warrant March 30)

   1. Read about Hitchcock’s case here.

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2025

For a summary of capital punishment in Florida in 2025, read TFDP’s 2025 Year in Review: Part I and Part II.

Death Warrants in 2025

1. James Ford - Executed February 13, 2025 (Warrant January 10)

   1. Read about Ford’s case here.

   2. Read about Ford’s execution here.

2. Edward James - Executed March 20, 2025 (Warrant February 18)

   1. Read about James’ case here.

   2. Read about James’ execution here.

3. Michael Tanzi - Executed April 8, 2025 (Warrant March 10)

   1. Read about Tanzi’s case here.

   2. Read about Tanzi’s execution here.

4. Jeffrey Hutchinson - Executed May 1, 2025 (Warrant March 31)

   1. Read about Hutchinson’s case here.

   2. Read about Hutchinson’s execution here.

5. Glen Rogers - Executed May 15, 2025 (Warrant April 15)

   1. Read about Rogers’ case here.

   2. Read about Rogers’ execution here.

6. Anthony Wainwright - Executed June 10, 2025 (Warrant May 9)

   1. Read about Wainwright’s case here.

   2. Read about Wainwright’s execution here.

7. Thomas Gudinas - Executed June 24, 2025 (Warrant May 23)

   1. Read about Gudinas’ case here.

   2. Read about Gudinas’s execution here.

8. Michael Bell - Executed July 15, 2025 (Warrant June 13)

   1. Read about Bell’s case here.

   2. Read about the evidentiary hearing on Bell’s claims here.

   3. Read about Bell’s execution here.

9. Edward Zakrzewski - Executed July 31, 2025 (Warrant July 1)

   1. Read about Zakrzewski’s case here.

   2. Read about Zakrzewski’s execution here.

10. Kayle Bates - Executed August 19, 2025 (Warrant July 18)

    1. Read about Bates’ case here.

    2. Read about Bates’ execution here.

11. Curtis Windom - Executed August 28, 2025 (Warrant July 29)

    1. Read about Windom’s case here.

    2. Read about Windom’s execution here.

12. David Pittman - Executed September 17, 2025 (Warrant August 15)

    1. Read about Pittman’s case here.

    2. Read about Pittman’s execution here.

13. Victor Jones - Executed September 30, 2025 (Warrant August 29)

    1. Read about Jones’ case here.

    2. Read about Jones’ execution here.

14. Samuel Lee Smithers - Executed October 14, 2025 (Warrant September 12)

    1. Read about Smithers’ case here.

    2. Read about Smithers’ execution here.

15. Norman Grim - Executed October 28, 2025 (Warrant September 26)

    1. Read about Grim’s case here.

    2. Read about Grim’s execution here.

16. Bryan Jennings - Executed November 13, 2025 (Warrant October 10)

    1. Read about Jennings’ case here.

    2. Read about Jennings’ execution here.

17. Richard Randolph - Executed November 20, 2025 (Warrant October 21)

    1. Read about Randolph’s case here.

    2. Read about Randolph’s execution here.

18. Mark Geralds - Executed December 9, 2025 (Warrant November 7)

    1. Read about Geralds’ case here.

    2. Read about Geralds’ execution here.

19. Frank Walls - Executed December 18, 2025 (Warrant November 18)

    1. Read about Walls’ case here.

    2. Read the background of Walls’ intellectual disability here.

    3. Read about Walls’ execution here.

2025 Deaths on Death Row

• Anthony Lamarca (died April 19, 2025)

• Brandy Jennings (died May 18, 2025)

• Robert Peede (died July 21, 2025)

• Matthew Caylor (died Aug. 20, 2025)

• Leroy Pooler (died Nov. 11, 2025)

• Guillermo Arbelaez (died December 10, 2025)

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2024

For a summary of capital punishment in Florida in 2024, read TFDP’s 2024 Year in Review.

Death Warrants in 2024

1. Loran Cole - Executed August 29, 2024 (Warrant July 29, 2024)

   1. Read about Cole’s case here.

   2. Read about Cole’s execution here.

2024 Deaths on Death Row

• Jerry Haliburton (died May 13, 2024)

• Nelson Serrano (died Aug. 8, 2024)

• Charles Finney (died Nov. 19, 2024)

• William “Bill” Kelley (died Dec. 3, 2024)

• Margaret Allen (died Dec. 20, 2024)

• Donald Bradley (died Dec. 23, 2024)

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2023

For a summary of capital punishment in Florida in 2023, read TFDP’s 2023 Year in Review.

*Note that the information for 2023 may not be complete, as it only goes back to when TFDP was started.

Death Warrants in 2023

1. Donald Dillbeck - Executed February 23, 2023 (Warrant January 23, 2023)

2. Louis Gaskin - Executed April 12, 2023 (Warrant March 13, 2023)

   1. Read about Gaskin’s case here.

   2. Read about Gaskin’s execution here.

3. Darryl Barwick - Executed May 3, 2023 (Warrant April 3, 2023)

   1. Read about Barwick’s case here.

   2. Read about Barwick’s execution here.

4. Duane Owen - Executed June 15, 2023 (Warrant May 9, 2023)

   1. Read about Owen’s case here.

   2. Four-part series on the history of Owen’s mental illness:

      1. Part I

      2. Part II

      3. Part III

      4. Part IV

   3. Read about Owen’s execution here.

5. James Barnes - Executed August 3, 2023 (Warrant June 22, 2023)

   1. Read about Barnes’s case here.

   2. Two-part series on Barnes’s life: Part I and Part II

   3. Read about Barnes’s execution here.

6. Michael D. Zack, III - Executed October 3, 2023 (Warrant August 17, 2023)

   1. Read about Zack’s case here.

   2. Read about Zack’s execution here.

2023 Deaths on Death Row

*TFDP was started in the spring of 2023. Additional information about 2023 deaths on Florida’s death row has been provided by the Death Penalty Information Center.

• Richard Hamilton (died Jan. 13, 2023)

• Franklin Floyd (died Jan. 23, 2023)

• Alphonso Cave (died Aug. 3, 2023)

• Paul Beasley Johnson (died Sept. 30, 2023)

• Thomas Pope (died Oct. 31, 2023)

• Eric K. Patrick (died Dec. 19, 2023)