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 118 people. Of the 118 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 74 have been executed by lethal injection. ^[1] Two other people, Buddy Earl Justus and Michael Lee Lockhart, were sentenced to death in Florida, but executed in other states.

List of people executed in Florida since 1976

No.	Name	Race	Age	Sex	Date of execution	County	Method	Victim(s)	Governor
1	John Arthur Spenkelink [a]	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 [b]
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 [c]
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 [c]	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		5 murder victims [d]
20	Theodore Robert Bundy	White	42	M	January 24, 1989	Columbia [e]		Kimberly Leach, Lisa Levy, and Margaret Bowman [f]
21	Aubrey Dennis Adams Jr. [2]	White	31	M	May 4, 1989	Marion		Trisa Gail Thornley
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. [g]
30	Robert Dale Henderson [2]	White	48	M	April 21, 1993	Hernando		5 murder victims [h]
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		5 murder victims [i]
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 [j]
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 [k]		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 [l]
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 [m]
43	Daniel Eugene Remeta [2] [4] [5]	Native American	40	M	March 31, 1998	Marion		5 murder victims [n]
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] [6]	White	40	M	February 24, 2000	Santa Rosa		George Wilson
47	Bennie Eddie Demps [2] [7]	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 [o]
49	Dan Patrick Hauser [2] [8]	White	30	M	August 25, 2000	Okaloosa		Melanie Rodrigues
50	Edward Castro	Hispanic	50	M	December 7, 2000	Marion		Austin Carter Scott [p]
51	Robert Dewey Glock II [2] [9]	White	39	M	January 11, 2001	Pasco		Sharilyn Ritchie
52	Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco [2] [10]	Hispanic	43	M	October 2, 2002	Miami-Dade		Katixa Ecenarro
53	Aileen Carol Wuornos	White	46	F	October 9, 2002	Dixie		7 murder victims [q]
54	Linroy Bottoson [2] [11]	Black	63	M	December 9, 2002	Orange		Catherine Alexander
55	Amos Lee King Jr. [2] [12]	Black	48	M	February 26, 2003	Pinellas		Natalie Brady
56	Newton Carlton Slawson [2] [13]	White	48	M	May 16, 2003	Hillsborough		4 murder victims [r]
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 [14] [15]	White	57	M	October 18, 2006	Santa Rosa		Stella Salamon
63	Danny Harold Rolling	White	52	M	October 25, 2006	Alachua		5 murder victims [s]
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		Coral Gables 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 [t]
73	David Alan Gore	White	58	M	April 12, 2012	Indian River [u]		6 murder victims [v]
74	Manuel Pardo Jr.	Hispanic	56	M	December 11, 2012	Miami-Dade		9 murder victims [w]
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 [x]
79	Marshall Lee Gore	White	50	M	October 1, 2013	Columbia		Robyn Novick [y]
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 Otis Knight [z]	Black	62	M	January 7, 2014	Miami-Dade and Bradford		4 murder victims [aa]
83	Juan Carlos Chavez	Hispanic	46	M	February 12, 2014	Miami-Dade [ab]		Samuel James 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 [ac]
88	Eddie Wayne Davis	White	45	M	July 10, 2014	Polk		Kimberly Ann 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 [ad]
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 [ae]
98	Bobby Joe Long	White	65	M	May 23, 2019	Hillsborough		10 murder victims [af]	Ron DeSantis
99	Gary Ray Bowles	White	57	M	August 22, 2019	Duval		6 murder victims [ag]
100	Donald David Dillbeck	White	59	M	February 23, 2023	Leon		Faye Lamb Vann [ah]
101	Louis Bernard Gaskin	Black	56	M	April 12, 2023	Flagler		Robert Sturmfels and Georgette Sturmfels [ai]
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 [aj]
105	Michael Duane Zack III	White	54	M	October 3, 2023	Escambia		Ravonne Kennedy Smith [ak]
106	Loran Kenstley Cole	White	57	M	August 29, 2024	Marion		John Timothy Edwards
107	James Dennis Ford	White	64	M	February 13, 2025	Charlotte		Gregory Philip Malnory and Kimberly Ann Malnory
108	Edward Thomas James	White	63	M	March 20, 2025	Seminole		Toni Marie Neuner and Elizabeth Ann Dick
109	Michael Anthony Tanzi	White	48	M	April 8, 2025	Monroe	Janet Acosta
110	Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson	White	62	M	May 1, 2025	Okaloosa	4 murder victims [al]
111	Glen Edward Rogers	White	62	M	May 15, 2025	Hillsborough	Tina Marie Cribbs [am]
112	Anthony Floyd Wainwright	White	54	M	June 10, 2025	Hamilton	Carmen Gabriella Gayheart
113	Thomas Lee Gudinas	White	51	M	June 24, 2025	Orange [an]	Michelle Anne McGrath
114	Michael Bernard Bell	Black	54	M	July 15, 2025	Duval	5 murder victims [ao]
115	Edward James Zakrzewski II	White	60	M	July 31, 2025	Okaloosa	Sylvia Zakrzewski, Anna Zakrzewski, and Edward Jon Zakrzewski III
116	Kayle Barrington Bates	Black	67	M	August 19, 2025	Bay	Janet Renee White
117	Curtis Lee Windom	Black	59	M	August 28, 2025	Orange	Johnnie Lee, Valerie Davis, and Mary Lubin
118	David Joseph Pittman	White	63	M	September 17, 2025	Polk	Clarence Knowles, Barbara Knowles, and Bonnie Knowles

Demographics

Race
White	77	65%
Black	32	27%
Hispanic	8	7%
Native American	1	1%
Age
30–39	23	19%
40–49	41	35%
50–59	35	30%
60–69	19	16%
Sex
Male	116	98%
Female	2	2%
Date of execution
1976–1979	1	1%
1980–1989	20	17%
1990–1999	23	19%
2000–2009	24	20%
2010–2019	31	26%
2020–2029	19	16%
Method
Lethal injection	74	63%
Electrocution	44	37%
Governor (Party)
Reubin Askew (D)	0	0%
Bob Graham (D)	16	14%
Bob Martinez (R)	9	8%
Lawton Chiles (D)	18	15%
Jeb Bush (R)	21	18%
Charlie Crist (R)	5	4%
Rick Scott (R)	28	24%
Ron DeSantis (R)	21	18%
Total	118	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

1. Spenkelink was the first inmate to be involuntarily executed following Gregg v. Georgia, the 1976 Supreme Court case which reinstated the death penalty after it was invalidated four years prior in Furman v. Georgia.
2. Goode was also convicted in Maryland for killing Kenneth Dawson.
3. The 6 victims were: Livingston Stocker, Henry Clayton, Randolph Holmes, Charles Stinson, Gilbert Williams, and Michael Miller.
4. The 5 victims were: Lavonne Sailer, Betty Campbell, Carmen Abrams, Elizabeth Shanks and George Karns. The first three victims were killed in Florida while the other two were killed in Pennsylvania.
5. The crime was committed in Columbia County however the trial was held in Orange County due to a change of venue.
6. Bundy was convicted and sentenced to death in Dade County for the murders of Bowman and Levy in Leon County. The execution was carried out specifically for Leach's murder.
7. Also killed Robert Brown, but was executed for killing Cone and McDernon.
8. 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.
9. The five victims were Joshua Durocher, Grace Reed, Candice Reed, Thomas Underwood and Eddie Childers. Durocher was executed for killing Joshua Durocher and the Reed's. ^[3]
10. The 4 victims were: Rudolfo Ayan Sr., Nico Hernandez, John Merino, and Scott Bennett.
11. The crime was committed in Martin County however the trial was held in Lee County due to a change of venue.
12. Stano was also convicted of 8 other murders.
13. Also killed Michael Buenoano, but was executed for killing Goodyear.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. Also killed George Hill, but was executed for killing Scott.
17. The 7 victims were: Richard Mallory, Dick Humphreys, Charles Carskaddon, Troy Burress, Peter Siems, Walter Jeno Antonio, and David Spears.
18. The 4 victims were: Gerald Wood, Peggy Wood, Jennifer Wood, and Glendon Wood.
19. The 5 victims were: Sonja Larson, Christina Powell, Christa Hoyt, Manuel R. Taboada, and Tracy Inez Paules.
20. Also killed Ella Carter in New York, but was executed for killing Kammerer. ^[16]
21. The crime was committed in Indian River County however the trial was held in Pinellas County due to a change of venue.
22. The 6 victims were: Lynn Elliot, Hsiang Huang Ling, Ying Hua Ling, Judy Kay Daley, Angelica LaVellee, and Barbara Ann Byer.
23. The 9 victims were: Mario Amador, Roberto Alfonso, Luis Robledo, Ulpiano Ledo, Michael Millot, Fara Quintero, Sara Musa, Ramon Alvero Cruz, and Daisy Ricard.
24. The 8 victims were: Brian Glenfeldt, Belinda Worley, Livingston Stocker, Michael Miller, Henry Clayton, John Holmes, Gilbert Williams, and Charles Cesar Stinson.
25. Also killed Susan Roark but was executed for killing Novick.
26. Also known as Askari Abdullah Muhammad.
27. The 4 victims were: Sydney Gans, Lillian Gans, William Culpepper, and Richard Burke. Burke was a Florida Department of Corrections officer. Culpepper was killed in Georgia, while the other victims were killed in Florida.
28. The crime was committed in Miami-Dade County however the trial was held in Orange County due to a change of venue.
29. Also killed Patricia Roddy, but was executed for killing Henry and Christian.
30. The 4 victims were: Susan Correll, Tuesday Correll, Mary Lou Hines, and Marybeth Jones.
31. Also killed Marie Debas but was executed for killing Minas.
32. 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.
33. The 6 victims were: John Hardy Roberts, David Jarman, Milton Bradley, Alverson Carter Jr., Albert Morris, and Walter Jamelle Hinton. Bowles was executed for the murders of Roberts, Morris and Hinton, all of whom were killed in Florida. Jarman was killed in Maryland while Bradley and Carter were killed in Georgia.
34. Also killed Lee County sheriff's deputy Dwight Lynn Hall but was executed for killing Vann.
35. Also killed Charles Miller but was executed for killing the Sturmfels.
36. Also killed his wife, Linda Barnes, but was executed for killing Miller. He confessed to two other murders but was never charged with either.
37. Also killed Laura Barbara Russillo but was executed for killing Smith.
38. The 4 victims were: Renee Nadean Flaherty, Geoffrey Dean Flaherty, Amanda Marie Flaherty, and Logan Kyle Flaherty.
39. Was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Sandra Gallagher. Further conclusively linked to at least three other murders.
40. The crime was committed in Orange County however the trial was held in Collier County due to a change of venue.
41. The 5 victims were: Jimmy West, Tamecka Smith, LaShawn Cowart, Travis Cowart, and Michael Johnson. Bell was executed for killing West and Smith.

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