US EditionRecord 12th execution set in Florida this year for a man convicted of killing wife’s family
David Pittman was executed by lethal injection for a 1990 triple murder involving his estranged wife's family amid Florida's record-setting 12 executions in 2025 under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
- A Florida man, David Pittman, is scheduled for execution on Wednesday, marking the state's 12th execution in 2025.
- David Pittman was convicted of killing his estranged wife’s family and sentenced to death in 1991 for three counts of first-degree murder.
- His recent appeals cited evidence of intellectual disabilities, including a low IQ of 70, evident at the time of the killings.
- Executions in Florida use a three-drug injection method, which includes a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart.
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David Joseph Pittman was put to death by lethal injection just after 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Florida State Prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by DeSantis
(Updated with the execution, already carried out) Miami (USA), 17 Sep (EFE).- Florida provided this Wednesday the lethal injection to David Pittman, convicted of a triple murder committed in 1990, bringing to twelve the number of executions carried out in what is going to be 2025, a record for this state as far as the century goes. Pittman, 63, was executed at 18:12 (22:12 GMT) in Florida State Prison, Raiford, after more than three decades on d…
Florida has executed this Wednesday with a lethal injection to David Pittman, a 63-year-old man accused of a triple murder in 1990. He is the twelfth person executed in Florida so far this year, an unprecedented figure in modern state history that accounts for one third of executions across the country. His case sparked great controversy because relatives and lawyers argued for years that Pittman was a person with intellectual disabilities. Flor…
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