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Norman Grim was executed for the 1998 rape and murder of Cynthia Campbell, marking Florida's 15th execution in 2025, nearly doubling its previous annual record.
- A Florida man, Norman Mearle Grim Jr., was executed on Tuesday for the 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor, Cynthia Campbell.
- Grim, 65, was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing Campbell, whose battered body was found by a fisherman with blunt force trauma and stab wounds.
- This was Florida's 15th execution in 2025, the highest annual number since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
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41 people have so far been executed in the United States in 2025, the highest number in more than a decade.
Florida executed this Tuesday by lethal injection to Norman Mearle Grim Jr., 65, convicted of rape and murder of his neighbor Cynthia Campbell in 1998. According to the Department of Corrections, the execution was consumed at 18:14 local time (22:14 GMT) in Florida State Prison near Starke. Grim had resigned from filing further appeals early in October, and his death sentence—imposed in 2000—was firm.Read more]]>
Florida sets record with 15th execution as man dies for 1998 rape, murder of neighbor
Florida executed Norman Mearle Grim Jr. on Tuesday, marking the state's record 15th execution under Governor Ron DeSantis after his conviction for raping and murdering Cynthia Campbell.
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