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Florida carries out record 9th execution of year on man convicted of killing wife and 2 children
FLORIDA, AUG 1 – Edward Zakrzewski was the ninth person executed in Florida in 2025, setting a state record for executions in a single year since the death penalty was reinstated.
- Edward Zakrzewski, who murdered his wife and two children with a machete, became the ninth person executed in Florida this year, setting a new annual record for the state.
- Zakrzewski was convicted in 1994 of killing his wife Sylvia and their two children, aged 7 and 5, after telling others he would kill them rather than let Sylvia divorce him.
- Florida has executed more people this year than any other state, with 9 executions so far and 2 more scheduled for later in August.
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Florida Governor DeSantis' Execution Spree Shatters State Record
With two more executions scheduled for August, Florida breaks modern-era record as ninth inmate is put to death. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s rapid pace of ordering executions has officially made history. Edward Zakrzewski was executed Thursday evening, marking the ninth inmate put to death this year and shattering Florida’s modern-era record of eight executions in […] Florida Governor DeSantis’ Execution Spree Shatters State Record
DeSantis set a Florida record for executions. It’s leading a national increase
In the final moments of a life defined by violence, 60-year-old Edward Zakrzewski thanked the people of Florida for killing him “in the most cold, calculated, clean, humane, efficient way possible,” breathing deeply as a lethal drug cocktail coursed through his veins.With his last breath, strapped to a gurney inside a state prison’s death chamber, Zakrzewski paid what Florida had deemed was his debt to society and became the 27th person put to d…
Florida Carries out Record 9th Execution of Year on Man Convicted of Killing Wife and 2 Children
STARKE, Fla.—A man convicted of the 1994 killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year, his death Thursday marking a state record for a single-year execution total since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty decades ago. Edward Zakrzewski, 60, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. After the return of the U.S. death…
Zakrzewski Killed for Murdering His Family, and DeSantis Sets Modern-Day Record for Executions in a Year
Edward Zakrzewski was executed Thursday evening for the 1994 murders of his wife and two children in their Okaloosa County home, as Florida set a modern-era record for executions in a year. Zakrzewski, 60, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. at Florida State Prison, according to the state Department of Corrections. He was the ninth inmate put to death by lethal injection this year. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed death warrants for two more executions…
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