‘Too Sick To Be Executed’: Dying Florida Inmate Appeals To State Supreme Court As Lethal Injection Looms

‘Too Sick To Be Executed’: Dying Florida Inmate Appeals To State Supreme Court As Lethal Injection Looms

Attorneys for 74-year-old death row inmate William Lee Thompson have appealed to the Supreme Court of Florida, arguing he is “too sick to be executed” and that carrying out his lethal injection would inflict agonizing, unconstitutional pain. In an initial brief filed late Monday afternoon, Thompson’s defense team asked the state high court to overturn […] ‘Too Sick To Be Executed’: Dying Florida Inmate Appeals To State Supreme Court As Lethal In…

‘Profoundly sick’ Florida Death Row prisoner pleads for medical care

The entrance to Florida State Prison in Raiford, Fla. on July 28, 2026. | Photo by Oishika Neogi/The Florida Trib Florida prison officials are refusing to give a “profoundly sick” 74-year-old man medical care while he waits for his scheduled execution October 13, drawing objections from more than 100 doctors. The man, William Lee Thompson, is the first known gravely ill prisoner who has been forced to live on death watch, a specialized and highl…