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 105 people. Of the 105 people executed, 44 have been executed by electrocution and 61 have been executed by lethal injection.^[1]

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	White	30	M	May 25, 1979	Leon	Electrocution	Joseph J. Szymankiewicz	Bob Graham
2	Robert Austin Sullivan^[2]	White	36	M	November 30, 1983	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	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	Duval		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	Dade		6 murder victims^[a]
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	Duval		James Stone
17	Beauford White^[2]	Black	41	M	August 28, 1987	Dade		6 murder victims^[b]	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^[c]
20	Ted Bundy	White	42	M	January 24, 1989	Columbia^[d]		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^[e]
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	Dade		Margaret Haizlip
34	Bernard Bolender^[2]	White	42	M	July 18, 1995	Dade		4 murder victims^[f]
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^[g]
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^[h]
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^[i]
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^[j]
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^[k]
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^[l]
74	Manuel Pardo Jr.	Hispanic	56	M	December 11, 2012	Miami-Dade		9 murder victims^[m]
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^[n]
79	Marshall Lee Gore	White	50	M	October 1, 2013	Columbia		Robyn Novick^[o]
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^[p]	Black	62	M	January 7, 2014	Miami-Dade and Bradford		4 murder victims^[q]
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^[r]
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^[s]	Ron DeSantis
99	Gary Ray Bowles	White	57	M	August 22, 2019	Duval		6 murder victims^[t]
100	Donald David Dillbeck	White	59	M	February 23, 2023	Leon		Faye Lamb Vann^[u]
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^[v]
105	Michael Duane Zack III	White	54	M	October 3, 2023	Escambia		Ravonne Kennedy Smith^[w]

Demographics

Race
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	104	100%

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List of people executed in Florida since 1976

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