Florida set to carry out 19th execution this year, tying a record in the state
Guardado was put to death by lethal injection after appeals failed, and Florida matched its single-year execution record with 19 this year, officials said.
- 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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holmescounty.newsFlorida executes inmate for 2004 murder of Walton County woman
Jesse Guardado, who murdered a Panhandle woman in 2004 after she helped him rebuild his life following his release from jail, was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Thursday, November 5. Guardado, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m., according to the Department of Corrections. He was the 19th inmate […]
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On Thursday, the United States executed three prisoners on the same day in Indiana, Florida and Alabama, all by lethal injection, on a day when Florida matched its annual death penalty record, set in 2025. The three executions take place in the midst of a national debate on the conditions under which they are ... Continue reading "Three U.S. states execute prisoners on the same day and Florida equals their annual record"
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