List of people executed in Florida

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Florida since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.

The total amounts to 99 people. Of the 99 people executed, 44 have been executed by electric chair and 55 have been executed by lethal injection. The last person to be executed was Gary Ray Bowles.[1]

No. Executed person Date of execution Method Victim(s) Under Governor
1 John Arthur Spenkelink May 25, 1979 Electric chair Joseph J. Szymankiewicz Bob Graham
2 Robert Austin Sullivan[2] November 30, 1983 Donald Schmidt
3 Anthony Antone[2] January 26, 1984 Richard Cloud
4 Arthur Goode[2] April 5, 1984 Jason VerDow
5 James Adams[2] May 10, 1984 Edgar Brown
6 Carl Elson Shriner[2] June 20, 1984 Judith Ann Carter
7 David Leroy Washington[2] July 13, 1984 Daniel Pridgen, Frank Meli, and Katrina Birk
8 Ernest John Dobbert, Jr.[2] September 7, 1984 Kelley Dobbert and Ryder Dobbert
9 James Dupree Henry[2] September 20, 1984 Zelie L. Riley
10 Timothy Charles Palmes[2] November 8, 1984 James Stone
11 James David Raulerson[2] January 30, 1985 Jacksonville Police Officer Mike Stewart
12 Johnny Paul Witt[2] March 6, 1985 Jonathan Kushner
13 Marvin Francois[2] May 29, 1985 Livingston Stocker, Henry Clayton, Randolph Holmes, Charles Stinson, Gilbert Williams, and Michael Miller
14 Daniel Morris Thomas[2] April 15, 1986 Charles Anderson
15 David Livingston Funchess[2] April 22, 1986 Anna Waldrop and Clayton Ragen
16 Ronald John Michael Straight[2] May 20, 1986 James Stone
17 Beauford White[2] August 28, 1987 Livingston Stocker, Henry Clayton, Randolph Holms, Charles Stinson, Gilbert Williams, and Michael Miller Bob Martinez
18 Willie Jasper Darden[2] March 15, 1988 James Turman
19 Jeffrey Joseph Daugherty[2] November 7, 1988 Lavonne Sailer, Betty Campbell, Carmen Abrams, and Elizabeth Shanks
20 Ted Bundy January 24, 1989 Kimberly Leach, Lisa Levy, and Margaret Bowman
21 Aubrey Dennis Adams, Jr.[2] May 4, 1989 Trisa Gail Thomley
22 Jesse Tafero May 4, 1990 FHP Trooper Phillip Black and OPP Constable Donald Irwin
23 Anthony Bertolotti[2] July 27, 1990 Carol Ward
24 James William Hamblen[2] September 21, 1990 Laureen Jean Edwards
25 Raymond Robert Clark[2] November 19, 1990 David Drake
26 Roy Allen Harich[2] April 24, 1991 Carlene Kelly Lawton Chiles
27 Bobby Marion Francis[2] June 25, 1991 Titus Walters
28 Nollie Lee Martin[2] May 12, 1992 Patricia Greenfield
29 Edward Dean Kennedy[2] July 21, 1992 Floyd Cone, Jr. and FHP Trooper Robert McDernon, Sr.
30 Robert Dale Henderson, Sr.[2] April 21, 1993 Murray Ferderber, Dorothy Wilkerson, Ivan Barnett, Marie Barnett, and Clifford Barnett
31 Larry Joe Johnson[2] May 5, 1993 James Hadden
32 Michael Alan Durocher[2] August 25, 1993 Joshua Durocher, Grace Reed, and Candice Reed
33 Roy Allen Stewart[2] April 22, 1994 Margaret Haizlip
34 Bernard Bolander[2] July 18, 1995 Rudolfi Ayan, Sr., Nico Hernandez, John Merino, and Scott Bennett
35 Jerry White December 4, 1995 James Melson
36 Phillip Alexander Atkins[2] December 5, 1995 Antonio Castillo
37 John Earl Bush[2] October 21, 1996 Frances Julia Slater
38 John Mills, Jr.[2] December 6, 1996 Les Lawhon
39 Pedro Medina March 25, 1997 Dorothy James
40 Gerald Eugene Stano March 23, 1998 Cathy Lee Scharf
41 Leo Alexander Jones March 24, 1998 Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Thomas Szafranski
42 Judy Buenoano March 30, 1998 James Goodyear
43 Daniel Eugene Remeta[2][3] March 31, 1998 Mearle Reeder, Linda Marvin, Larry McFarland, and Glenn Moore
44 Allen Lee Davis July 8, 1999 Nancy Weiler, Kristina Weiler, and Katherine Weiler Jeb Bush
45 Terry Melvin Sims[2][4] February 23, 2000 Lethal injection Seminole County Sheriff's Office deputy George Pfeil
46 Anthony Braden Bryan[2][5] February 24, 2000 George Wilson
47 Bennie Eddie Demps[2][6] June 7, 2000 Alfred Sturgis, Celia Puhlick, and R.N. Brinkworth
48 Thomas Harrison Provenzano June 21, 2000 Deputy Sheriff William Wilkerson, Deputy Sheriff Harry Dalton (died in 1991), Corrections Officer Mark Parker (died in 2009)
49 Dan Patrick Hauser[2][7] August 25, 2000 Melanie Rodrigues
50 Edward Castro[2][8] December 7, 2000 Austin Carter Scott
51 Robert Dewey Glock, II[2][9] January 11, 2001 Sharilyn Ritchie
52 Rigoberto Sanchez-Velasco[2][10] October 2, 2002 Katixa Ecenarro
53 Aileen Carol Wuornos October 9, 2002 Richard Mallory, Dick Humphreys, Charles Carskaddon, Troy Burress, Peter Siems, Walter Jeno Antonio, and David Spears
54 Linroy Bottoson[2][11] December 9, 2002 Catherine Alexander
55 Amos Lee King, Jr.[2][12] February 26, 2003 Natalie Brady
56 Newton Carlton Slawson[2][13] May 16, 2003 Gerald Wood, Peggy Wood, Jennifer Wood, and Glendon Wood
57 Paul Jennings Hill September 3, 2003 John Bayard Britton and James Herman Barrett
58 Johnny Leartice Robinson February 4, 2004 Beverly St. George
59 John Richard Blackwelder May 26, 2004 Raymond D. Wigley
60 Glen James Ocha April 5, 2005 Carol Skjerva
61 Clarence Edward Hill September 20, 2006 Pensacola police officer Stephen Taylor
62 Arthur Dennis Rutherford[14][15] October 18, 2006 Stella Salamon
63 Danny Harold Rolling October 25, 2006 Sonja Larson, Christina Powell, Christa Hoyt, Manuel R. Taboada, and Tracy Inez Paules
64 Ángel Nieves Díaz December 13, 2006 Joseph Nagy
65 Mark Dean Schwab July 1, 2008 Junny Rios-Martinez, Jr. Charlie Crist
66 Richard Henyard September 23, 2008 Jamilya and Jasmine Lewis
67 Wayne Tompkins February 11, 2009 Lisa DeCarr
68 John Richard Marek August 19, 2009 Adella Marie Simmons
69 Martin Edward Grossman February 16, 2010 Wildlife Officer Margaret "Peggy" Park
70 Manuel Valle September 28, 2011 Police officer Louis Pena Rick Scott
71 Oba Chandler November 15, 2011 Joan Rogers, Michelle Rogers and Christe Rogers
72 Robert Brian Waterhouse February 15, 2012 Deborah Kammerer
73 David Alan Gore April 12, 2012 Lynn Elliot, Hsiang Huang Ling, Ying Hua Ling, Judy Kay Daley, Angelica LaVellee, and Barbara Ann Byer
74 Manuel Pardo, Jr. December 11, 2012 Mario Amador, Roberto Alfonso, Luis Robledo, Ulpiano Ledo, Michael Millot, Fara Quintero, Sara Musa, Ramon Alvero Cruz and Daisy Ricard
75 Larry Eugene Mann April 10, 2013 Elisa Vera Nelson
76 Elmer Leon Carroll May 29, 2013 Christine McGowan
77 William Edward Van Poyck June 12, 2013 Florida Department of Corrections officer Fred Griffis
78 John Errol Ferguson August 5, 2013 Brian Glenfeldt, Belinda Worley, Livingston Stocker, Michael Miller, Henry Clayton, John Holmes, Gilbert Williams, and Charles Cesar Stinson
79 Marshall Lee Gore October 1, 2013 Robyn Novick (also killed Susan Roark but was executed for killing Novick)
80 William Frederick Happ October 15, 2013 Angela Crowley
81 Darius Mark Kimbrough November 12, 2013 Denise Collins
82 Thomas Knight (Askari Abdullah Muhammad) January 7, 2014 Sydney and Lillian Gans, Florida Department of Corrections officer Richard Burke
83 Juan Carlos Chavez February 12, 2014 Jimmy Ryce
84 Paul Augustus Howell February 26, 2014 Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Jimmy Fulford
85 Robert Lavern Henry March 20, 2014 Phyllis Harris and Janet Cox Thermidor
86 Robert Eugene Hendrix April 23, 2014 Elmer Bryant Scott, Jr., Michelle Scott
87 John Ruthell Henry June 18, 2014 Suzanne Henry and Eugene Christian
88 Eddie Wayne Davis July 10, 2014 Kimberly Waters
89 Chadwick Dewellyn Banks November 13, 2014 Cassandra Banks and Melody Cooper
90 Johnny Shane Kormondy January 15, 2015 Gary McAdams
91 Jerry William Correll October 29, 2015 Susan Correll, Tuesday Correll, Mary Lou Hines, Marybeth Jones
92 Oscar Ray Bolin, Jr. January 7, 2016 Teri Lynn Matthews, Natalie Blanche Holley, Stephanie Collins
93 Mark James Asay[16] August 24, 2017 Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell
94 Michael Ray Lambrix October 5, 2017 Aleisha Bryant and Clarence Moore
95 Patrick Charles Hannon November 8, 2017 Brandon Snider and Robert Carter
96 Eric Scott Branch February 22, 2018 Susan Morris
97 José Antonio Jiménez December 13, 2018 Phyllis Minas
98 Bobby Joe Long May 23, 2019 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, Kim Marie Swann and Lisa McVey (survived) Ron DeSantis
99 Gary Ray Bowles August 22, 2019 John Hardy Roberts, David Jarman, Milton Bradley, Alverson Carter, Jr., Albert Morris and Walter Jamelle "Jay" Hinton

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  1. ^ "Searchable Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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 aq ar as 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. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 032827. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  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 110488. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
  9. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 093836. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  10. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 088795. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  11. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 078079. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  12. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 036275. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  13. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 119658. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  14. ^ Inmate Release Information Detail - Inmate 105314. Florida Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 14, 2007.
  15. ^ "US executes Australian widow's murderer". The Age. Melbourne. October 19, 2006.
  16. ^ The Washington Post
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