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]
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 [lower-alpha 1] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 2] | 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 [lower-alpha 3] | ||
20 | Ted Bundy | White | 42 | M | January 24, 1989 | Columbia [lower-alpha 4] | 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 [lower-alpha 5] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 6] | |||
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 | Lee | 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 [lower-alpha 7] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 8] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 9] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 10] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 11] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 12] | |||
74 | Manuel Pardo Jr. | Hispanic | 56 | M | December 11, 2012 | Miami-Dade | 9 murder victims [lower-alpha 13] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 14] | ||
79 | Marshall Lee Gore | White | 50 | M | October 1, 2013 | Columbia | Robyn Novick [lower-alpha 15] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 16] | Black | 62 | M | January 7, 2014 | Miami-Dade and Bradford | 4 murder victims [lower-alpha 17] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 18] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 19] | Ron DeSantis | |
99 | Gary Ray Bowles | White | 57 | M | August 22, 2019 | Duval | 6 murder victims [lower-alpha 20] | ||
100 | Donald David Dillbeck | White | 59 | M | February 23, 2023 | Leon | Faye Lamb Vann [lower-alpha 21] | ||
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 [lower-alpha 22] | ||
105 | Michael Duane Zack III | White | 54 | M | October 3, 2023 | Escambia | Ravonne Kennedy Smith [lower-alpha 23] |
Race | ||
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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) | ||
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) | 8 | 8% |
Total | 105 | 100% |
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