Florida set to carry out 19th execution this year, tying a record in the state
Guardado was executed by lethal injection after courts rejected his appeals, as Florida’s annual execution total reached 19 and tied the state record.
- Florida executed death-row inmate Jesse Guardado by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, pronouncing him dead at 6:13 p.m., marking the state's 19th execution of 2026.
- Guardado, a former ward of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys where he reported abuse, had confessed to the 2004 murder of community activist Jackie Malone in Walton County before pleading guilty.
- A Marshall Project investigation found at least 50 former Dozier wards were later sentenced to death in Florida, prompting critics to argue the state's clemency process failed to adequately consider inmates' abuse histories.
- Guardado's execution joined Alabama and Indiana in a rare synchronized day of three state-administered death sentences, the second such occurrence this year and the first nationally since 2010.
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he will commute 548 death sentences on the same day, stating "state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values," contrasting sharply with Florida's aggressive execution pace under outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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3 executions are carried out on the same day in the US, including Florida tying a record
Florida, Alabama and Indiana all carried out executions Thursday, putting to death three people on a day when California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would commute hundreds of death sentences before leaving office.
3 executions are carried out on the same day in the US, including Florida tying a record – WTOP News
Florida, Alabama and Indiana all carried out executions Thursday, putting to death three people on a day when California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would commute hundreds of death sentences before leaving office. The unusual trio of executions on a single day in the U.S., and Newsom’s plans that experts say would represent the largest mass clemency in American history, underscored national divisions over capital punishment. They also come at a ti…
Alabama Carries Out Last of 3 US Executions in a Day
Florida carrier out a record-tying 19th execution of the year on Thursday in an unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day. Jesse Guardado was pronounced dead at 6:13pm after receiving an injection at a state prison in Starke, the AP reports. He had...
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Florida carries out its 19th execution of year as 3 states administer the death penalty in a day
Florida has carried out a record-tying 19th execution of the year as three states administered the death penalty on the same day. Jesse Guardado received a lethal injection Thursday evening at a Florida prison for the killing of a 75-year-old…
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BizTocAlabama executes man for 1991 killings in last of 3 U.S. executions carried out the same day
Florida carried out a record-tying 19th execution of the year in an unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day.
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