Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace

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Author: petethomas

Date: 7/1/2026

Article Summary:
Florida is executing prisoners at a record pace, with 19 executions in 2025, more than the state's annual record of 11 set in 1936, while the rest of the US has largely abandoned the death penalty.