DeSantis Signs 20th Death Warrant Putting Florida on Track to Set Execution Record
With three other executions planned, Guardado would become Florida’s 20th execution this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
- Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Jesse Guardado on Monday, scheduling his execution for November 5 at Florida State Prison, following scheduled executions for three other inmates including William Reaves on October 20.
- Florida continues to lead the nation in executions, with the state on track to exceed its 2025 record of 19, the highest since capital punishment was revived in 1976.
- Attorneys for William Reaves filed an emergency motion Monday asking the Florida Supreme Court to stay his October 20 execution, citing concerns over consciousness-check procedures and his "substantial hearing impairment."
- Advocates have warned that Florida could face the same "spectacle" as Tennessee, where Governor Bill Lee halted executions after intravenous lines could not be established into inmates.
- Guardado remains scheduled for execution on November 5 for the 2004 murder of Jackie Malone, despite defense attorneys' claims that previous counsel provided "ineffective" representation during his penalty phase.
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DeSantis Signs 2nd Death Warrant in a Week for Record 20th Execution of Year
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his second death warrant within a week, putting the state in position to exceed its modern-era record for executions in a single year set in 2025. DeSantis on Monday signed a warrant for Jesse Guardado, 64, to be executed Nov. 5 at Florida State Prison for the murder of a Walton County woman in 2004.
Miami (USA), 5 Oct (EFE).- Florida governor Ron DeSantis scheduled Monday the twentieth execution of a criminal so far this year, surpassing the state record of 2025 in the midst of the renewed controversy over the death penalty in the United States after the failed lethal injection of [...] The Florida entry agenda twentieth execution of the year, a record in the midst of controversy by Christa Pike was first published in HolaNews.
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