Florida is set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer to tying record
The execution would be Florida’s 18th this year, and state officials say it could bring the death-penalty total within one of last year’s record.
- On Tuesday, Florida is set to execute William Reaves, marking the 18th execution this year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, with the 77-year-old scheduled to receive a three-drug injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke.
- Reaves was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shooting of Indian River County Deputy Richard Raczkowski, who responded to a 911 call at a Vero Beach convenience store before the fatal confrontation.
- Defense attorneys argued jurors were never told the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rated Reaves as 100% disabled by service-related post-traumatic stress disorder. The Florida Supreme Court rejected his final appeals last week.
- More than 100 veterans sent a letter on Monday asking DeSantis to stop the execution. All Florida executions use a three-drug lethal injection protocol, which the state court has previously upheld against challenges.
- Florida has carried out more than half of the 31 total U.S. executions this year, nearing last year's record of 19 executions. The next scheduled execution is Jesse Guardado on Nov. 5.
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Florida set to execute Vietnam War veteran who shot deputy after fight over gun
Last year, Florida set a state record with 19 executions in a single year. Another execution is scheduled for November, which would tie that mark if both are carried out as planned.
Florida to execute Army veteran for 1986 murder of deputy
Florida is scheduled to execute 77-year-old William Reaves Tuesday for the 1986 murder of Indian River County Deputy Richard Raczkowski, marking the state's 18th execution this year under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Florida is set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer to tying record – WTOP News
MIAMI (AP) — Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shooting of Indian River County Deputy Richard...
Florida is set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer
MIAMI (AP) — Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was sentenced
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