Death Penalty

His final appeals denied, 63-year-old David Pittman died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at Florida State Prison.

Samuel Smithers, 72, was convicted of killing Denise Roach and Christy Cowan at a secluded property where he worked as a caretaker.

David Pittman, who was convicted of killing three members of his estranged wife’s family in Mulberry. If he is executed Sept. 17, he would be a record 12th inmate put to death this year in Florida.

Victor Tony Jones, 64, is scheduled to die Sept. 30. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant the day after the state carried out the year's 11th execution, with the 12th slated for Sept. 17.

Windom received a lethal injection for the 1992 Winter Park murders of girlfriend Valerie Davis, the woman’s mother and the man he said owed him $2,000.

Curtis Windom is scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison after his final appeals were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.

If the execution is carried out, Curtis Windom would be the 11th Florida inmate put to death by lethal injection this year — a modern-era record.

It was Florida’s 10th execution of 2025 and further extended the state's record for the number of executions carried out in a single year.

David Pittman was convicted in the May 1990 murders of his wife’s parents in Mulberry.

Veterans will present a letter to the governor on Wednesday in Tallahassee, urging him to reconsider the scheduled Aug. 19 execution of Kayle Bates, a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. The letter is signed by more than 130 veterans.

Curtis Windom was convicted of killing Johnnie Lee, Valerie Davis and Mary Lubin on Feb. 7, 1992, in Orange County.

Florida's Attorney General's Office argues the state Supreme Court should reject efforts to halt Kayle Bates' execution, saying he "forfeited his right to live" when committing the crime.