Florida Set to Carry Out 19th Execution of Year for Man Convicted in 2004 Murder
The execution would be Florida’s 19th of 2026 and would make Guardado at least the 11th former Dozier ward put to death by the state.
- Florida is set to execute Jesse Guardado at 6 p.m. today at Florida State Prison in Raiford for the 2004 murder of Jackie Malone. The execution marks the state's 19th of 2026, matching the record set last year.
- After his 2004 arrest for stabbing and robbing Malone, a 75-year-old activist who had helped him find work and housing, Guardado pleaded guilty, stating, "That lady didn't deserve what I did to her."
- As a child, Guardado was a ward of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, where he suffered abuse. A 2025 Marshall Project report found at least 50 former Dozier wards have since been sentenced to death in Florida.
- With Alabama and Indiana also carrying out death sentences today, this is one of three executions scheduled across the United States. Florida has accounted for more than half of the 32 total executions conducted nationwide this year.
- Governor Ron DeSantis has accelerated death warrants to provide justice for families waiting decades. Critics argue the state's clemency process lacks transparency and failed to consider Guardado's history of childhood abuse in state custody.
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Florida set for 19th execution of 2026 with Jesse Guardado
Miami (USA), Nov 5 (EFE).- Florida plans to execute Jesse Guardado on Thursday, convicted of beating and stabbing in 2004 a 75-year-old woman who had helped him get out of prison, in the 19th death sentence of the state this year, with which he will match the record he set in [...] Florida entry runs his 19th inmate of the year this Thursday and equals the 2025 record was first published in HolaNews.
Florida set for 19th execution this year, 1 of 3 across the nation
Florida is set to carry out what would be its 19th execution of the year, and would be one of three in the U.S. on Thursday with an Indiana man already put to death and an execution in Alabama also scheduled.
Florida set to carry out 19th execution of year for man convicted in 2004 murder
Jesse Guardado faces execution Thursday evening in Florida for the 2004 fatal stabbing and robbery of a woman who helped him find housing and employment, marking the state's 19th lethal injection this year.
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