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Florida nearly doubled the national average of executions in 2025, with a record-breaking 19 death warrants carried out, according to an annual report released by the Death Penalty Information Center.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
The Georgia Attorney General's Office did not respond to an email late Monday asking whether prosecutors would try to get the execution back on schedule before Humphrey's death warrant expires on Christmas Eve.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Two more executions are planned next month under death warrants signed by Republican Gov. DeSantis.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025
DeSantis, the Republican who signed the death warrant, has ordered more executions in a single year than any Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976.
—David Fischer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
The Georgia Attorney General's Office did not respond to an email late Monday asking whether prosecutors would try to get the execution back on schedule before Humphrey's death warrant expires on Christmas Eve.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Two more executions are planned next month under death warrants signed by Republican Gov. DeSantis.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025
DeSantis, the Republican who signed the death warrant, has ordered more executions in a single year than any Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976.
—David Fischer The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Death warrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20warrant. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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