Condemned Killer Won’t Fight Florida Execution

Another Florida death row inmate won't fight his upcoming execution

A 58-year-old inmate scheduled to die next month won’t fight his execution. Mark Allen Geralds was convicted in the 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone in Panama City Beach.

Condemned killer won’t fight Florida execution

TALLAHASSEE — Mark Allen Geralds has decided against fighting his scheduled Dec. 9 execution in the 1989 murder of a woman in Bay County — the second time in less than two months that a condemned killer has taken the unusual step of waiving final legal appeals. Bay County Circuit Judge Timothy Register on Monday issued an order that granted Geralds’ request to waive what is typically a flurry of legal proceedings after death warrants are signed.…

Florida Death Row Inmate Mark Geralds Waives All Appeals, Clearing Path For Dec. 9 Execution

Mark Allen Geralds, who faces execution on December 9 for the 1989 murder of Tressa Lynn Pettibone, has formally waived all remaining postconviction and appellate proceedings, accelerating the execution process in a year that has already seen Florida set a modern-era record for capital punishment. On Monday, the Circuit Court in Bay County, Florida, issued […] Florida Death Row Inmate Mark Geralds Waives All Appeals, Clearing Path For Dec. 9 Exe…

Condemned Killer Won't Fight Execution

TALLAHASSEE — Mark Allen Geralds has decided against fighting his scheduled Dec. 9 execution in the 1989 murder of a woman in Bay County — the second time in less than two months that a condemned killer has taken the…