List of people executed in Florida

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 106 people. Of the 106 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 62 have been executed by lethal injection.[1]

## List of people executed in Florida since 1976

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No. | Name  | Race  | Age  | Sex  | Date of execution  | County  | Method  | Victim(s)  | Governor

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1  | John Arthur Spenkelink | White  | 30  | M  | May 25, 1979  | Leon | Electrocution | Joseph J. Szymankiewicz  | Bob Graham
2  | Robert Austin Sullivan[2] | White  | 36  | M  | November 30, 1983  | Miami-Dade | Donald Schmidt
3  | Anthony Antone[2] | White  | 66  | M  | January 26, 1984  | Hillsborough | Richard Cloud
4  | Arthur Frederick Goode III[2] | White  | 30  | M  | April 5, 1984  | Lee | Jason VerDow
5  | James Adams[2] | Black  | 47  | M  | May 10, 1984  | St. Lucie | Edgar Brown
6  | Carl Elson Shriner[2] | White  | 30  | M  | June 20, 1984  | Alachua | Judith Ann Carter
7  | David Leroy Washington[2] | Black  | 34  | M  | July 13, 1984  | Miami-Dade | Daniel Pridgen, Frank Meli, and Katrina Birk
8  | Ernest John Dobbert Jr.[2] | White  | 46  | M  | September 7, 1984  | Duval | Kelley Dobbert and Ryder Dobbert
9  | James Dupree Henry[2] | Black  | 34  | M  | September 20, 1984  | Orange | Zelie L. Riley
10  | Timothy Charles Palmes[2] | White  | 37  | M  | November 8, 1984  | Duval | James Stone
11  | James David Raulerson[2] | White  | 33  | M  | January 30, 1985  | Jacksonville police officer Mike Stewart
12  | Johnny Paul Witt[2] | White  | 42  | M  | March 6, 1985  | Volusia | Jonathan Kushner
13  | Marvin Francois[2] | Black  | 39  | M  | May 29, 1985  | Miami-Dade | 6 murder victims[a]
14  | Daniel Morris Thomas[2] | Black  | 37  | M  | April 15, 1986  | Polk | Charles Anderson
15  | David Livingston Funchess[2] | Black  | 39  | M  | April 22, 1986  | Duval | Anna Waldrop, Clayton Ragan, and Bertha McLeod
16  | Ronald John Michael Straight[2] | White  | 42  | M  | May 20, 1986  | James Stone
17  | Beauford White[2] | Black  | 41  | M  | August 28, 1987  | Miami-Dade | 6 murder victims[b] | Bob Martinez
18  | Willie Jasper Darden[2] | Black  | 54  | M  | March 15, 1988  | Pinellas | James Turman
19  | Jeffrey Joseph Daugherty[2] | White  | 33  | M  | November 7, 1988  | Volusia | 4 murder victims[c]
20  | Theodore Robert Bundy | White  | 42  | M  | January 24, 1989  | Columbia[d] | Kimberly Leach, Lisa Levy, and Margaret Bowman
21  | Aubrey Dennis Adams Jr.[2] | White  | 31  | M  | May 4, 1989  | Marion | Trisa Gail Thomley
22  | Jesse Joseph Tafero | White  | 43  | M  | May 4, 1990  | Broward | FHP Trooper Phillip Black and OPP Constable Donald Irwin
23  | Anthony Bertolotti[2] | Black  | 38  | M  | July 27, 1990  | Orange | Carol Ward
24  | James William Hamblen[2] | White  | 61  | M  | September 21, 1990  | Duval | Laureen Jean Edwards
25  | Raymond Robert Clark[2] | White  | 49  | M  | November 19, 1990  | Pinellas | David Drake
26  | Roy Allen Harich[2] | White  | 32  | M  | April 24, 1991  | Volusia | Carlene Kelly  | Lawton Chiles
27  | Bobby Marion Francis[2] | Black  | 46  | M  | June 25, 1991  | Monroe | Titus Walters
28  | Nollie Lee Martin[2] | White  | 43  | M  | May 12, 1992  | Palm Beach | Patricia Greenfield
29  | Edward Dean Kennedy | Black  | 47  | M  | July 21, 1992  | Duval | Floyd Cone Jr. and FHP Trooper Robert McDernon Sr.
30  | Robert Dale Henderson[2] | White  | 48  | M  | April 21, 1993  | Hernando | 5 murder victims[e]
31  | Larry Joe Johnson[2] | White  | 49  | M  | May 5, 1993  | Madison | James Hadden
32  | Michael Alan Durocher[2] | White  | 33  | M  | August 25, 1993  | Clay | Joshua Durocher, Grace Reed, and Candice Reed
33  | Roy Allen Stewart[2] | White  | 38  | M  | April 22, 1994  | Miami-Dade | Margaret Haizlip
34  | Bernard Bolender[2] | White  | 42  | M  | July 18, 1995  | 4 murder victims[f]
35  | Jerry White | Black  | 47  | M  | December 4, 1995  | Orange | James Melson
36  | Phillip Alexander Atkins[2] | White  | 40  | M  | December 5, 1995  | Polk | Antonio Castillo
37  | John Earl Bush[2] | Black  | 38  | M  | October 21, 1996  | Martin[g] | Frances Julia Slater
38  | John Mills Jr.[2] | Black  | 41  | M  | December 6, 1996  | Wakulla | Les Lawhon
39  | Pedro Medina | Hispanic  | 39  | M  | March 25, 1997  | Orange | Dorothy James
40  | Gerald Eugene Stano | White  | 46  | M  | March 23, 1998  | Volusia | Cathy Lee Scharf
41  | Leo Alexander Jones | Black  | 47  | M  | March 24, 1998  | Duval | Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Thomas Szafranski
42  | Judy Buenoano | White  | 54  | F  | March 30, 1998  | Orange | James Goodyear
43  | Daniel Eugene Remeta[2][3][4] | Native American  | 40  | M  | March 31, 1998  | Marion | 5 murder victims[h]
44  | Allen Lee Davis | White  | 54  | M  | July 8, 1999  | Duval | Nancy Weiler, Kristina Weiler, and Katherine Weiler  | Jeb Bush
45  | Terry Melvin Sims | White  | 58  | M  | February 23, 2000  | Seminole | Lethal injection | Seminole County Sheriff's Office deputy George Pfeil
46  | Anthony Braden Bryan[2][5] | White  | 40  | M  | February 24, 2000  | Santa Rosa | George Wilson
47  | Bennie Eddie Demps[2][6] | Black  | 49  | M  | June 7, 2000  | Bradford | Alfred Sturgis, Celia Puhlick, and R.N. Brinkworth
48  | Thomas Harrison Provenzano | White  | 51  | M  | June 21, 2000  | Orange | William Wilkerson, Harry Dalton, and Mark Parker[i]
49  | Dan Patrick Hauser[2][7] | White  | 30  | M  | August 25, 2000  | Okaloosa | Melanie Rodrigues
50  | Edward Castro | Hispanic  | 50  | M  | December 7, 2000  | Marion | Austin Carter Scott
51  | Robert Dewey Glock II[2][8] | White  | 39  | M  | January 11, 2001  | Pasco | Sharilyn Ritchie
52  | Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco[2][9] | Hispanic  | 43  | M  | October 2, 2002  | Miami-Dade | Katixa Ecenarro
53  | Aileen Carol Wuornos | White  | 46  | F  | October 9, 2002  | Dixie | 7 murder victims[j]
54  | Linroy Bottoson[2][10] | Black  | 63  | M  | December 9, 2002  | Orange | Catherine Alexander
55  | Amos Lee King Jr.[2][11] | Black  | 48  | M  | February 26, 2003  | Pinellas | Natalie Brady
56  | Newton Carlton Slawson[2][12] | White  | 48  | M  | May 16, 2003  | Hillsborough | 4 murder victims[k]
57  | Paul Jennings Hill | White  | 49  | M  | September 3, 2003  | Escambia | John Bayard Britton and James Herman Barrett
58  | Johnny Leartice Robinson | Black  | 51  | M  | February 4, 2004  | St. Johns | Beverly St. George
59  | John Richard Blackwelder | White  | 49  | M  | May 26, 2004  | Columbia | Raymond D. Wigley
60  | Glen James Ocha | White  | 47  | M  | April 5, 2005  | Osceola | Carol Skjerva
61  | Clarence Edward Hill | Black  | 48  | M  | September 20, 2006  | Escambia | Pensacola police officer Stephen Taylor
62  | Arthur Dennis Rutherford[13][14] | White  | 57  | M  | October 18, 2006  | Santa Rosa | Stella Salamon
63  | Danny Harold Rolling | White  | 52  | M  | October 25, 2006  | Alachua | 5 murder victims[l]
64  | Ángel Nieves Díaz | Hispanic  | 55  | M  | December 13, 2006  | Miami-Dade | Joseph Nagy
65  | Mark Dean Schwab | White  | 39  | M  | July 1, 2008  | Brevard | Junny Rios-Martinez Jr.  | Charlie Crist
66  | Richard Henyard | Black  | 34  | M  | September 23, 2008  | Lake | Jamilya Lewis and Jasmine Lewis
67  | Wayne Tompkins | White  | 51  | M  | February 11, 2009  | Hillsborough | Lisa DeCarr
68  | John Richard Marek | White  | 47  | M  | August 19, 2009  | Broward | Adella Marie Simmons
69  | Martin Edward Grossman | White  | 45  | M  | February 16, 2010  | Pinellas | Wildlife Officer Margaret "Peggy" Park
70  | Manuel Valle | Hispanic  | 61  | M  | September 28, 2011  | Miami-Dade | Police officer Louis Pena  | Rick Scott
71  | Oba Chandler | White  | 65  | M  | November 15, 2011  | Pinellas | Joan Rogers, Michelle Rogers, and Christe Rogers
72  | Robert Brian Waterhouse | White  | 65  | M  | February 15, 2012  | Deborah Kammerer
73  | David Alan Gore | White  | 58  | M  | April 12, 2012  | 6 murder victims[m]
74  | Manuel Pardo Jr. | Hispanic  | 56  | M  | December 11, 2012  | Miami-Dade | 9 murder victims[n]
75  | Larry Eugene Mann | White  | 59  | M  | April 10, 2013  | Pinellas | Elisa Vera Nelson
76  | Elmer Leon Carroll | White  | 56  | M  | May 29, 2013  | Orange | Christine McGowan
77  | William Edward Van Poyck | White  | 58  | M  | June 12, 2013  | Palm Beach | Florida Department of Corrections officer Fred Griffis
78  | John Errol Ferguson | Black  | 65  | M  | August 5, 2013  | Miami-Dade | 8 murder victims[o]
79  | Marshall Lee Gore | White  | 50  | M  | October 1, 2013  | Columbia | Robyn Novick[p]
80  | William Frederick Happ | White  | 51  | M  | October 15, 2013  | Lake | Angela Crowley
81  | Darius Mark Kimbrough | Black  | 40  | M  | November 12, 2013  | Orange | Denise Collins
82  | Thomas Knight[q] | Black  | 62  | M  | January 7, 2014  | Miami-Dade and Bradford | 4 murder victims[r]
83  | Juan Carlos Chavez | Hispanic  | 46  | M  | February 12, 2014  | Orange | Jimmy Ryce
84  | Paul Augustus Howell | Black  | 48  | M  | February 26, 2014  | Jefferson | Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Jimmy Fulford
85  | Robert Lavern Henry | Black  | 55  | M  | March 20, 2014  | Broward | Phyllis Harris and Janet Cox Thermidor
86  | Robert Eugene Hendrix | White  | 47  | M  | April 23, 2014  | Lake | Elmer Bryant Scott Jr. and Michelle Scott
87  | John Ruthell Henry | Black  | 63  | M  | June 18, 2014  | Pasco | Suzanne Henry and Eugene Christian
88  | Eddie Wayne Davis | White  | 45  | M  | July 10, 2014  | Polk | Kimberly Waters
89  | Chadwick Dewellyn Banks | Black  | 43  | M  | November 13, 2014  | Gadsden | Cassandra Banks and Melody Cooper
90  | Johnny Shane Kormondy | White  | 42  | M  | January 15, 2015  | Escambia | Gary McAdams
91  | Jerry William Correll | White  | 59  | M  | October 29, 2015  | Sarasota | 4 murder victims[s]
92  | Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. | White  | 53  | M  | January 7, 2016  | Pasco and Hillsborough | Teri Lynn Matthews, Natalie Blanche Holley, and Stephanie Collins
93  | Mark James Asay | White  | 53  | M  | August 24, 2017  | Duval | Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell
94  | Michael Ray Lambrix | White  | 57  | M  | October 5, 2017  | Glades | Aleisha Bryant and Clarence Moore
95  | Patrick Charles Hannon | White  | 53  | M  | November 8, 2017  | Hillsborough | Brandon Snider and Robert Carter
96  | Eric Scott Branch | White  | 47  | M  | February 22, 2018  | Escambia | Susan Morris
97  | José Antonio Jiménez | Hispanic  | 55  | M  | December 13, 2018  | Miami-Dade | Phyllis Minas
98  | Bobby Joe Long | White  | 65  | M  | May 23, 2019  | Hillsborough | 10 murder victims[t] | Ron DeSantis
99  | Gary Ray Bowles | White  | 57  | M  | August 22, 2019  | Duval | 6 murder victims[u]
100  | Donald David Dillbeck | White  | 59  | M  | February 23, 2023  | Leon | Faye Lamb Vann[v]
101  | Louis Bernard Gaskin | Black  | 56  | M  | April 12, 2023  | Flagler | Robert Sturmfels and Georgette Sturmfels
102  | Darryl Brian Barwick | White  | 56  | M  | May 3, 2023  | Bay | Rebecca Wendt
103  | Duane Eugene Owen | White  | 62  | M  | June 15, 2023  | Palm Beach | Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden
104  | James Phillip Barnes | White  | 61  | M  | August 3, 2023  | Brevard | Patricia Miller[w]
105  | Michael Duane Zack III | White  | 54  | M  | October 3, 2023  | Escambia | Ravonne Kennedy Smith[x]
106  | Loran Kenstley Cole | White  | 57  | M  | August 29, 2024  | Marion | John Timothy Edwards

## Demographics

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Race

White  | 68  | 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  | 31  | 28%
60–69  | 12  | 11%
Sex
Male  | 104  | 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  | 7  | 6%
Method
Lethal injection | 62  | 58%
Electrocution | 44  | 42%
Governor (Party)
Reubin Askew (D) | 0  | 0%
Bob Graham (D) | 16  | 15%
Bob Martinez (R) | 9  | 9%
Lawton Chiles (D) | 18  | 17%
Jeb Bush (R) | 21  | 20%
Charlie Crist (R) | 5  | 5%
Rick Scott (R) | 28  | 27%
Ron DeSantis (R) | 9  | 8%
Total  | 106  | 100%

## Notes

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1. ^ The 6 victims were: Livingston Stocker, Henry Clayton, Randolph Holmes, Charles Stinson, Gilbert Williams, and Michael Miller.
2. ^ The 6 victims were: Livingston Stocker, Henry Clayton, Randolph Holmes, Charles Stinson, Gilbert Williams, and Michael Miller.
3. ^ The 4 victims were: Lavonne Sailer, Betty Campbell, Carmen Abrams, and Elizabeth Shanks.
4. ^ The crime was committed in Columbia County, Florida however the trial was held in Orange County, Florida due to a change of venue.
5. ^ The 5 victims were: Murray Ferderber, Dorothy Wilkerson, Robert Dawson, Frances Dickey and Vernon Odom. He also admitted to 7 more murders in Ohio, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.
6. ^ The 4 victims were: Rudolfi Ayan Sr., Nico Hernandez, John Merino, and Scott Bennett.
7. ^ The crime was committed in Martin County, Florida however the trial was held in Lee County, Florida due to a change of venue.
8. ^ The 5 victims were: Mehrle Reeder, Linda Marvin, Larry McFarland, Glenn Moore, and John Schroeder. Remeta was executed for Reeder's murder in Florida, Marvin was killed in Arkansas and the other 3 victims were killed in Kansas.
9. ^ The crime occurred in 1984 but only Wilkerson died on the day it occurred. Dalton died in 1991 and Parker died in 2009; both of complications from their injuries. Wilkerson and Dalton were both Deputy Sheriff's and Parker was a corrections officer.
10. ^ The 7 victims were: Richard Mallory, Dick Humphreys, Charles Carskaddon, Troy Burress, Peter Siems, Walter Jeno Antonio, and David Spears.
11. ^ The 4 victims were: Gerald Wood, Peggy Wood, Jennifer Wood, and Glendon Wood.
12. ^ The 5 victims were: Sonja Larson, Christina Powell, Christa Hoyt, Manuel R. Taboada, and Tracy Inez Paules.
13. ^ The 6 victims were: Lynn Elliot, Hsiang Huang Ling, Ying Hua Ling, Judy Kay Daley, Angelica LaVellee, and Barbara Ann Byer.
14. ^ The 9 victims were: Mario Amador, Roberto Alfonso, Luis Robledo, Ulpiano Ledo, Michael Millot, Fara Quintero, Sara Musa, Ramon Alvero Cruz, and Daisy Ricard.
15. ^ The 8 victims were: Brian Glenfeldt, Belinda Worley, Livingston Stocker, Michael Miller, Henry Clayton, John Holmes, Gilbert Williams, and Charles Cesar Stinson.
16. ^ Also killed Susan Roark but was executed for killing Novick.
17. ^ Also known as Askari Abdullah Muhammad.
18. ^ The 4 victims were: Sydney Gans, Lillian Gans, William Culpepper, and Richard Burke. Burke was a Florida Department of Corrections officer.
19. ^ The 4 victims were: Susan Correll, Tuesday Correll, Mary Lou Hines, and Marybeth Jones.
20. ^ The 10 victims were: Artiss Ann Wick, Ngeun Thi Long, Michelle Denise Simms, Elizabeth Loudenback, Vicky Marie Elliott, Chanel Devoun Williams, Karen Beth Dinsfriend, Kimberly Kyle Hopps, Virginia Lee Johnson, and Kim Marie Swann. Although Long was convicted of 10 murders he was only sentenced to death and executed for the murder of Michelle Simms.
21. ^ The 6 victims were: John Hardy Roberts, David Jarman, Milton Bradley, Alverson Carter Jr., Albert Morris, and Walter Jamelle Hinton.
22. ^ Also killed Lee County sheriff's deputy Dwight Lynn Hall but was executed for killing Vann.
23. ^ Also killed his wife, Linda Barnes, but was executed for killing Miller. He confessed to two other murders but was never charged with either.
24. ^ Also killed Laura Barbara Russillo but was executed for killing Smith.

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Florida Has Executed 56 Inmates Since 1979 – from Tampa Bay Online Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 102704. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
4. ^ Hallifax, Jackie. "Man Who Killed 5 Executed in Fla". Associated Press News. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
5. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 102476. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
6. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 030970. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
7. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 538283. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
8. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 093836. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
9. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 088795. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
10. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 078079. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
11. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 036275. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
12. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 119658. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
13. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 105314. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
14. ^ "US executes Australian widow's murderer". The Age. Melbourne. October 19, 2006.

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