Florida executed 19 death row inmates in 2025. That caused unusual national uptick

Without Florida, the national execution rate would be like an average year, with fewer than 30 executions across the country.
The Independent Florida Alligator

‘A window to the outside’: 3 death row pen pals reflect on their relationships with inmates

Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs.

Florida breaks execution record, what about 8 SW Florida men on death row?

With 8 Coller and Lee county men living on Florida's death row, Gov. Ron DeSantis set record for executions in 2025 ...

How many people did Florida execute in 2025? How many are on death row?

In 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed death warrants for 19 people, nearly 4 times as many as any other state. List of executions ...

Florida contributed to a national uptick in executions this year. 5 takeaways

Florida executed a record-breaking 19 death row inmates in 2025, nearly doubling the national average, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center. This surge in executions comes ...
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Tommy Zeigler, longest-serving Florida death row inmate, granted hearing on DNA evidence

Read full article: Judge demands DNA evidence list in Tommy Zeigler case Death row inmate William "Tommy” Zeigler, photographed at age 75. Read full article: ‘It’s not free:’ Venezuelans in Central ...
WFTV

Florida death row inmate could become 19th state execution this year

STARKE, Fla. — A condemned man on Florida’s death row is awaiting to hear his fate from the U.S. Supreme Court. Frank Athen Walls was convicted of killing a couple during a home invasion in Okaloosa ...
WFTV

Florida’s longest-serving death row inmate argues fresh evidence proves his innocence

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s longest-serving death row inmate is trying to convince a judge to let him get a new trial. Tommy Zeigler claims new evidence supports his innocence. Zeigler, who has been on ...