List of people executed in Florida explained

The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.

The total amounts to 105 people. Of the 105 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 61 have been executed by lethal injection.^[1]

List of people executed in Florida since 1976

	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1		White	30	M	May 25, 1979	Leon	Electrocution	Joseph J. Szymankiewicz	Bob Graham
2	^[2]	White	36	M	November 30, 1983	Miami-Dade		Donald Schmidt
3		White	66	M	January 26, 1984	Hillsborough		Richard Cloud
4		White	30	M	April 5, 1984	Lee		Jason VerDow
5		Black	47	M	May 10, 1984	St. Lucie		Edgar Brown
6		White	30	M	June 20, 1984	Alachua		Judith Ann Carter
7		Black	34	M	July 13, 1984	Miami-Dade		Daniel Pridgen, Frank Meli, and Katrina Birk
8		White	46	M	September 7, 1984	Duval		Kelley Dobbert and Ryder Dobbert
9		Black	34	M	September 20, 1984	Orange		Zelie L. Riley
10		White	37	M	November 8, 1984	Duval		James Stone
11		White	33	M	January 30, 1985			Jacksonville police officer Mike Stewart
12		White	42	M	March 6, 1985	Volusia		Jonathan Kushner
13		Black	39	M	May 29, 1985	Miami-Dade		6 murder victims
14		Black	37	M	April 15, 1986	Polk		Charles Anderson
15		Black	39	M	April 22, 1986	Duval		Anna Waldrop, Clayton Ragan, and Bertha McLeod
16		White	42	M	May 20, 1986			James Stone
17		Black	41	M	August 28, 1987	Miami-Dade		6 murder victims	Bob Martinez
18		Black	54	M	March 15, 1988	Pinellas		James Turman
19		White	33	M	November 7, 1988	Volusia		4 murder victims
20		White	42	M	January 24, 1989	Columbia		Kimberly Leach, Lisa Levy, and Margaret Bowman
21		White	31	M	May 4, 1989	Marion		Trisa Gail Thomley
22		White	43	M	May 4, 1990	Broward		FHP Trooper Phillip Black and OPP Constable Donald Irwin
23		Black	38	M	July 27, 1990	Orange		Carol Ward
24		White	61	M	September 21, 1990	Duval		Laureen Jean Edwards
25		White	49	M	November 19, 1990	Pinellas		David Drake
26		White	32	M	April 24, 1991	Volusia		Carlene Kelly	Lawton Chiles
27		Black	46	M	June 25, 1991	Monroe		Titus Walters
28		White	43	M	May 12, 1992	Palm Beach		Patricia Greenfield
29		Black	47	M	July 21, 1992	Duval		Floyd Cone Jr. and FHP Trooper Robert McDernon Sr.
30		White	48	M	April 21, 1993	Hernando		5 murder victims
31		White	49	M	May 5, 1993	Madison		James Hadden
32		White	33	M	August 25, 1993	Clay		Joshua Durocher, Grace Reed, and Candice Reed
33		White	38	M	April 22, 1994	Miami-Dade		Margaret Haizlip
34		White	42	M	July 18, 1995			4 murder victims
35		Black	47	M	December 4, 1995	Orange		James Melson
36		White	40	M	December 5, 1995	Polk		Antonio Castillo
37		Black	38	M	October 21, 1996	Lee		Frances Julia Slater
38		Black	41	M	December 6, 1996	Wakulla		Les Lawhon
39		Hispanic	39	M	March 25, 1997	Orange		Dorothy James
40		White	46	M	March 23, 1998	Volusia		Cathy Lee Scharf
41		Black	47	M	March 24, 1998	Duval		Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Thomas Szafranski
42		White	54	F	March 30, 1998	Orange		James Goodyear
43	^[3] ^[4]	Native American	40	M	March 31, 1998	Marion		5 murder victims
44		White	54	M	July 8, 1999	Duval		Nancy Weiler, Kristina Weiler, and Katherine Weiler	Jeb Bush
45		White	58	M	February 23, 2000	Seminole	Lethal injection	Seminole County Sheriff's Office deputy George Pfeil
46	^[5]	White	40	M	February 24, 2000	Santa Rosa		George Wilson
47	^[6]	Black	49	M	June 7, 2000	Bradford		Alfred Sturgis, Celia Puhlick, and R.N. Brinkworth
48		White	51	M	June 21, 2000	Orange		William Wilkerson, Harry Dalton, and Mark Parker
49	^[7]	White	30	M	August 25, 2000	Okaloosa		Melanie Rodrigues
50		Hispanic	50	M	December 7, 2000	Marion		Austin Carter Scott
51	^[8]	White	39	M	January 11, 2001	Pasco		Sharilyn Ritchie
52	^[9]	Hispanic	43	M	October 2, 2002	Miami-Dade		Katixa Ecenarro
53		White	46	F	October 9, 2002	Dixie		7 murder victims
54	^[10]	Black	63	M	December 9, 2002	Orange		Catherine Alexander
55	^[11]	Black	48	M	February 26, 2003	Pinellas		Natalie Brady
56	^[12]	White	48	M	May 16, 2003	Hillsborough		4 murder victims
57		White	49	M	September 3, 2003	Escambia		John Bayard Britton and James Herman Barrett
58		Black	51	M	February 4, 2004	St. Johns		Beverly St. George
59		White	49	M	May 26, 2004	Columbia		Raymond D. Wigley
60		White	47	M	April 5, 2005	Osceola		Carol Skjerva
61		Black	48	M	September 20, 2006	Escambia		Pensacola police officer Stephen Taylor
62	^[13] ^[14]	White	57	M	October 18, 2006	Santa Rosa		Stella Salamon
63		White	52	M	October 25, 2006	Alachua		5 murder victims
64		Hispanic	55	M	December 13, 2006	Miami-Dade		Joseph Nagy
65		White	39	M	July 1, 2008	Brevard		Junny Rios-Martinez Jr.	Charlie Crist
66		Black	34	M	September 23, 2008	Lake		Jamilya Lewis and Jasmine Lewis
67		White	51	M	February 11, 2009	Hillsborough		Lisa DeCarr
68		White	47	M	August 19, 2009	Broward		Adella Marie Simmons
69		White	45	M	February 16, 2010	Pinellas		Wildlife Officer Margaret "Peggy" Park
70		Hispanic	61	M	September 28, 2011	Miami-Dade		Police officer Louis Pena	Rick Scott
71		White	65	M	November 15, 2011	Pinellas		Joan Rogers, Michelle Rogers, and Christe Rogers
72		White	65	M	February 15, 2012			Deborah Kammerer
73		White	58	M	April 12, 2012			6 murder victims
74		Hispanic	56	M	December 11, 2012	Miami-Dade		9 murder victims
75		White	59	M	April 10, 2013	Pinellas		Elisa Vera Nelson
76		White	56	M	May 29, 2013	Orange		Christine McGowan
77		White	58	M	June 12, 2013	Palm Beach		Florida Department of Corrections officer Fred Griffis
78		Black	65	M	August 5, 2013	Miami-Dade		8 murder victims
79		White	50	M	October 1, 2013	Columbia		Robyn Novick
80		White	51	M	October 15, 2013	Lake		Angela Crowley
81		Black	40	M	November 12, 2013	Orange		Denise Collins
82		Black	62	M	January 7, 2014	Miami-Dade and Bradford		4 murder victims
83		Hispanic	46	M	February 12, 2014	Orange		Jimmy Ryce
84		Black	48	M	February 26, 2014	Jefferson		Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Jimmy Fulford
85		Black	55	M	March 20, 2014	Broward		Phyllis Harris and Janet Cox Thermidor
86		White	47	M	April 23, 2014	Lake		Elmer Bryant Scott Jr. and Michelle Scott
87		Black	63	M	June 18, 2014	Pasco		Suzanne Henry and Eugene Christian
88		White	45	M	July 10, 2014	Polk		Kimberly Waters
89		Black	43	M	November 13, 2014	Gadsden		Cassandra Banks and Melody Cooper
90		White	42	M	January 15, 2015	Escambia		Gary McAdams
91		White	59	M	October 29, 2015	Sarasota		4 murder victims
92		White	53	M	January 7, 2016	Pasco and Hillsborough		Teri Lynn Matthews, Natalie Blanche Holley, and Stephanie Collins
93		White	53	M	August 24, 2017	Duval		Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell
94		White	57	M	October 5, 2017	Glades		Aleisha Bryant and Clarence Moore
95		White	53	M	November 8, 2017	Hillsborough		Brandon Snider and Robert Carter
96		White	47	M	February 22, 2018	Escambia		Susan Morris
97		Hispanic	55	M	December 13, 2018	Miami-Dade		Phyllis Minas
98		White	65	M	May 23, 2019	Hillsborough		10 murder victims	Ron DeSantis
99		White	57	M	August 22, 2019	Duval		6 murder victims
100		White	59	M	February 23, 2023	Leon		Faye Lamb Vann
101		Black	56	M	April 12, 2023	Flagler		Robert Sturmfels and Georgette Sturmfels
102		White	56	M	May 3, 2023	Bay		Rebecca Wendt
103		White	62	M	June 15, 2023	Palm Beach		Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden
104		White	61	M	August 3, 2023	Brevard		Patricia Miller
105		White	54	M	October 3, 2023	Escambia		Ravonne Kennedy Smith

Demographics

Race
White	67	64%
Black	29	28%
Hispanic	8	8%
Native American	1	1%
Age
20–29	0	0%
30–39	23	22%
40–49	40	38%
50–59	30	28%
60–69	12	11%
Sex
Male	103	98%
Female	2	2%
Date of execution
1976–1979	1	1%
1980–1989	20	19%
1990–1999	23	22%
2000–2009	24	23%
2010–2019	31	30%
2020–2029	6	6%
Method
Lethal injection	61	58%
Electrocution	44	42%
Governor (Party)
	0	0%
	16	15%
Bob Martinez (R)	9	9%
	18	17%
Jeb Bush (R)	21	20%
Charlie Crist (R)	5	5%
Rick Scott (R)	28	27%
Ron DeSantis (R)	8	8%
Total	105	100%

See also

• Capital punishment in Florida
• Capital punishment in the United States
• List of people executed in Florida (pre-1972) – executions in Florida before Furman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Searchable Execution Database. Death Penalty Information Center. February 2, 2020.
2. http://www.fadp.org/news/tbo_5_17.htm Florida Has Executed 56 Inmates Since 1979 – from Tampa Bay Online
3. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=102704&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 102704
4. News: Man Who Killed 5 Executed in Fla.. Hallifax. Jackie. Associated Press News. March 29, 2022.
5. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=102476&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 102476
6. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=030970&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 030970
7. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=538283&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 538283
8. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=093836&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 093836
9. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=088795&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 088795
10. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=078079&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 078079
11. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=036275&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 036275
12. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=119658&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 119658
13. http://www.dc.state.fl.us/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=105314&TypeSearch=IR Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 105314
14. News: US executes Australian widow's murderer . Melbourne . The Age . October 19, 2006.