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This chart has a listing for each date that there was a possible execution. Therefore, some prisoners are listed more than once.
Prisoners who waived their appeals and
received “Suicide-by-Governor” are indicated in red.
As of 5 April 05, 8 of Jeb Bush’s 17 exterminations were “Volunteers” for execution.
Number of Attemped
KillingsNAMEDate of 1st WarrantDate of scheduled ExecutionDate of StayStay
Issued ByDate of
subsequent WarrantCOMMENTSOUTCOME1ALLEN LEE DAVIS06/09/9907/08/99———Botched execution. See FL Sup. Ct. opinion, Provenzano v. Moore (09/24/99). Diabetic / handicappedEXECUTED:
07/08/992THOMAS PROVENZANO06/09/99 07/07/9907/05/99GovernorSee Below
Thomas Provenzano——3THOMAS PROVENZANO——07/06/99Florida
Sup. Ct.See Below——4THOMAS PROVENZANO——07/08/99Florida
Sup. Ct.See BelowSee Below
(Thomas Provenzano—5TERRY MELVIN SIMS09/23/9910/21/9910/26/99Florida
Sup. Ct.—See Below—6TERRY MELVIN SIMSSee
AboveSee
Above——01/26/00Possible innocence, Brady violations. First to be executed by lethal injection in Florida.EXECUTED:
02/23/00Number of Attemped KillingsNAMEDate of 1st WarrantDate of
scheduled ExecutionDate of StayStay
Issued ByDate of
subsequent WarrantCOMMENTSOUTCOME7ANTHONY BRADEN BRYAN09/23/9910/27/9910/26/99US Sup. Ct.See BelowSee Below—8ANTHONY BRADEN BRYANSee
AboveSee
Above——01/26/00Mitigating issues. Trial counsel (Ted Stokes) an alcoholicEXECUTED:
02/24/009BENNIE DEMPS04/24/0005/31/0005/27/00Florida
Sup. Ct.06-01-00Possible innocence, State withholding exculpatory evidence. Botched execution.EXECUTED:
06/07/0010THOMAS PROVENZANOSee Above
Thomas ProvenzanoSee
Above06/21/0011th Circuit Ct.05/30/00Mental illness / insanity. Psychotic at time of executionEXECUTED:
06/21/0011DAN P. HAUSER06/29/0008/22/0008/22/00Fed.
District Ct.—Bi-polar Disorder, Suicidal VolunteerEXECUTED:
08/25/0012EDWARD CASTRO11/14/0012/07/0012/07/00——Mental Illness, Suicidal VolunteerEXECUTED:
12/07/00Number of Attemped KillingsNAMEDate of 1st WarrantDate of 1st
scheduled ExecutionDate of StayStay
Issued ByDate of
subsequent WarrantCOMMENTSOUTCOME13ROBERT GLOCK11/14/0012/08/00—Florida
Sup. Ct.—Child abuse issues.EXECUTED:
01/11/0114GREGORY MILLS03/22/0105/02/0105/01/01Trial Court
Hon. O. H. Eaton—Resentencing D/P overturnedResentencing granted by trial court, affirmed by Florida Sup. Ct. 06/08/0115WAYNE TOMPKINS03/23/0105/01/0104/18/01Trial Court
(Hillsborough County)—Possible innocence. Resentencing granted. State lost DNA evidence.Resentencing granted by trial court 16ROBERT TREASE11/19/0102/07/0202/06/02Governor—Suicidal Volunteer—17LINROY BOTTOSON11/19/0102/05/0202/05/02US Sup. Ct.Immediately following Ring decision 06/25/02 ?Stayed due to Ring v. ArizonaU.S. Supreme Court denied issue18AMOS LEE KING, JR.11/19/0101/24/0201/23/02US Sup. CtImmediately following Ring decision – 06/25/02 ?Stayed due to Ring v. Arizona.U.S. Supreme Court denied issueNumber of Attemped KillingsNAMEDate of 1st WarrantDate of scheduled ExecutionDate of StayStay
Issued ByDate of
subsequent WarrantCOMMENTSOUTCOME19LINROY BOTTOSON11/19/0107/08/0207/08/02Florida
Supreme Court (FSC)11/14/02Stayed due to FSC, Ring v. Arizona Florida Supreme Court denied issue 20AMOS LEE KING, JR.11/19/0107/10/0207/08/02Florida
Supreme Court (FSC)11/14/02Stayed due to FSC, Ring v. ArizonaFlorida Supreme Court denied issue21RIGOBERTO SANCHEZ-VELASCO09/05/0210/02/02———Suicidal – VolunteerEXECUTED:
10/02/0222 AILEEN WUORNOS09/05/0210/09/02———Suicidal – VolunteerEXECUTED 10/09/0223AMOS LEE KING, JR.11/19/0112/02/0212/02/02Governor02/05/03Stay Issued for DNA test DNA test inconclusive24LINROY BOTTOSON11/19/0112/06/0212/06/02Governor12/09/02Stayed to test sanityFound competent 25LINROY BOTTOSON11/19/0112/09/02———InsaneEXECUTED:
12/09/02 26AMOS LEE KING, JR.11/19/0102/26/03——— Possible InnocenceEXECUTED:
02/26/0327NEWTON CARLTON SLAWSON4/14/0305/15/035/15/2003Governor5/15/2003 Slawson has given up his appeals and exhibits symptoms of mental illness—
28NEWTON CARLTON SLAWSON4/14/0307/08/99———Mentally IllEXECUTED:
07/08/9929PAUL HILL7/9/039/3/03———Hill volunteered to be martyred for the anti-abortion cause.EXECUTED:
9/3/0330JOHNNY L. ROBINSON12/18/0302/04/04———Case exhibits racism among other failures of the systemEXECUTED:
02/04/0431JOHN BLACKWELDER 4/29/045/25/045/25/04Governor—Blackwelder murdered in order to receive assisted suicide. — 32JOHN BLACKWELDER 4/29/045/26/04———Assisted SuicideEXECUTED:
05/26/0433RAVEN RAVEN (AKA Glen Ocha) 3/4/054/5/05———- assisted suicide. EXECUTED:
04/05/0534CLARENCE HILL 11/29/05 1/24/06 1/24/06 SCOTUS 8/17/06 Hill was on the gurney
with needles inserted for two hours waiting for word of the stay —
35ARTHUR D. RUTHERFORD 11/29/05 1/31/06 01/31/06SCOTUS — —- —-36 CLARENCE HILL 11/29/05 09/20/06 — — 8-17-2006 — EXECUTED
09/20/06
37ARTHUR D. RUTHERFORD 11/29/05 10/18/06 — — 00/09/06 —- EXECUTED
10/18/0638 DANNY H.ROLLING 9/06 10/25/06 — — — Danny Rolling is insane. EXECUTED
10/25/06 39 ANGEL DIAZ 11/14/06 12/13/06 — — — —
EXECUTED
12/13/06 Number of Attemped KillingsNAMEDate of 1st WarrantDate of scheduled ExecutionDate of StayStay
Issued ByDate of
subsequent WarrantCOMMENTSOUTCOME
* * This date may not reflect the signing of first warrant in the case, but rather first warrant in that case
—-signed by Governor Bush.
** This date may not reflect the signing of second warrant in the case, but rather second warrant in that
—-case signed by Governor Bush.