Post-Furman US execution #370 Florida execution #39 since reinstatement In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the 25th of March, 1997, the State of Florida carried out the execution of 39-year-old Cuban national Pedro Luis Medina in the electric chair at Florida State Prison near Starke, Bradford County. Medina had spent fifteen years on death … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #805 Florida execution #53 since reinstatement Female execution #10 in the United States since 1976 On Wednesday, the 9th of October, 2002, the State of Florida carried out the execution of 46-year-old Aileen Carol Wuornos by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, Bradford County. Wuornos was sentenced to death for … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1609 Texas execution #593 since reinstatement On Wednesday, the 5th of February, 2025, the State of Texas carried out its first execution of the year when 37-year-old Steven Lawayne Nelson was put to death by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Walker County. Nelson had spent over twelve years on … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #153 Georgia execution #15 since reinstatement In the early morning hours of Wednesday, the 25th of September, 1991, the State of Georgia carried out the execution of 44-year-old Warren McCleskey by electrocution in the electric chair at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center near Jackson, Butts County. McCleskey had spent nearly thirteen … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1003 California execution #12 since reinstatement In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the 13th of December, 2005, the State of California carried out the execution of 51-year-old Stanley “Tookie” Williams by lethal injection inside the death chamber at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County. Williams had spent more than twenty-four years … Read more
