The Independent Florida Alligator

Florida is executing people in record numbers. Here’s what to know.

Florida has put a record number of people to death this year, more than any other state in the country. So far this year, the ...

Has a woman ever been executed in Florida? Where a female killer is set to be put to death

A woman in Tennessee has been scheduled for execution next year. Have any women been out to death in Florida? Yes, and one is ...

Execution date set for Christa Pike in Tennessee. Any women on death row in Florida?

Tennessee has scheduled an execution date for, Christa Pike, the state's only woman on death row. Are there any women on ...
Florida Today

Florida sets record for executions, why victims’ families are upset about the latest one

Florida leads the U.S. in executions in 2025, with 11 out of the nation's 30. The most recent execution was Curtis Windom, convicted of a triple murder in 1992. Windom's family, along with the victims ...
WUSF Public Media

Attorneys argue 72-year-old convicted of Hillsborough murders is too old to execute

Samuel Smithers’ has been on Death Row since 1999 for the 1996 murders of two women he picked up at an east Tampa hotel. His ...
Tallahassee Democrat

David Pittman killed his estranged wife's family in 1990. Florida just executed him.

Florida has executed death row inmate David Joseph Pittman for the 1990 triple murder of his soon-to-be ex-wife's family, marking a record 12 executions in the state this year. Pittman, 63, was ...