when was the last person executed in florida
Eric Scott Branch February 22, 2018
title: Capital punishment in Florida text: commutations were granted out of 268 cases. Since 1972, when the death penalty was re-instituted, only six commutations have been granted, all under the administration of Governor Bob Graham. Capital punishment in Florida Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Florida. Since 1976, the state has executed 97 convicted murderers, all at Florida State Prison. As of December 14, 2018, 344 offenders are awaiting execution. Florida performed its last pre-"Furman" execution in 1964 (Sie Dawson). After the Supreme Court of the United States struck down all states' death penalty procedures in the "Furman v. Georgia" ruling, title: Capital punishment in Florida text: Capital punishment in Florida Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Florida. Since 1976, the state has executed 97 convicted murderers, all at Florida State Prison. As of December 14, 2018, 344 offenders are awaiting execution. Florida performed its last pre-"Furman" execution in 1964 (Sie Dawson). After the Supreme Court of the United States struck down all states' death penalty procedures in the "Furman v. Georgia" ruling, essentially ruling the imposition of the death penalty at the same time as a guilty verdict unconstitutional, Florida was the first state to draft a newly written statute on title: Martin Grossman text: transformation. He recited the Jewish Shema prayer. He was pronounced dead at 6:19 pm. Park's mother, sister, and brother traveled from out of state to witness the execution. Grossman was the 69th inmate executed in Florida since the United States Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. 20. https://www.createspace.com/1000243192 Martin Grossman Martin Edward Grossman (January 19, 1965 – February 16, 2010) was convicted of first degree murder for his part in the December 13, 1984, Florida killing of wildlife officer Peggy Park. He was executed by lethal injection. In the days before his execution, there were a large number title: Richard Henyard text: death penalty was reinstated in the United States in 1977. Henyard was executed on September 23, 2008, by lethal injection. The execution was delayed by two hours because Henyard had two appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court trying to block the execution; both were denied. Richard Henyard Richard Henyard (June 26, 1974 – September 23, 2008) was an American murderer executed in Florida for the double murder of 7-year-old Jamilya Lewis and 3-year-old Jasmine Lewis in January 1993 in Eustis, and the rape of the sisters' mother during the same day. On the evening of January 30, 1993, Dorothy Lewis title: Johnny Leartice Robinson text: smoked sausage, and butter pecan ice cream. His final words before being executed by lethal injection were: "Yep... Later!" Robinson was pronounced dead at Florida State Prison in Raiford at 7:34 p.m. on 4 February 2004. His execution was the 895th carried out in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, and the 58th in Florida. Johnny Leartice Robinson Johnny Leartice Robinson (25 July 1952 – 4 February 2004) was executed by the State of Florida for the 1985 murder of Beverly St. George. Robinson had faced several criminal charges before being arrested for murder; he