Death Penalty

Michael Bell was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m. Tuesday at Florida State Prison. Another inmate, Edward Zakrzewski, is scheduled to be the ninth put to death this month.

Barring a reprieve, Michael Bell will become the eighth person put to death in Florida this year, with Edward Zakrzewski scheduled to be the ninth on July 31.

Florida may carry out more executions in 2025 than in any other year in recent history. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed nine death warrants, and seven have been carried out.

Florida inmate Anthony Wainwright has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court to try to halt his execution scheduled for Tuesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request to halt the execution of 62-year-old Glen Rogers, setting the stage for his lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison.

Glen Rogers is slated to be executed on May 15 for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs in a Tampa motel room.

An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday evening for the 1998 shotgun slayings on Okaloosa County.

Tanzi was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening, 25 years after he kidnapped a woman on her lunch break in Miami and murdered her in Monroe County.

James Dennis Ford was put to death with a lethal injection as about 25 witnesses watched at Florida State Prison Thursday evening.

More than 30 years after he murdered John Edwards, who was on a camping trip in the Ocala National Forest, Loran Cole was given a lethal injection Thursday evening.