Florida set to carry out 13th execution this year in nation’s busiest death chamber
Summary
Florida is scheduled to carry out its 13th execution of 2026, continuing its high rate of using the death penalty. William Frances Silvia will be executed for a 2006 murder, and Florida has carried out more than half of the country’s 22 executions this year.Key Facts
- William Frances Silvia, 61, is set to be executed on Tuesday at Florida State Prison.
- Silvia was convicted of killing his estranged wife and wounding her mother in 2006.
- He was sentenced to death twice, once in 2008 and again in 2018 after an appeal.
- Silvia’s lawyers argued they did not have enough resources to represent him well, but the Florida Supreme Court rejected this claim.
- Florida has executed 13 people in 2026 and has two more executions planned in September.
- Florida accounts for more than half of the 22 executions in the U.S. so far in 2026.
- Executions in Florida use a three-drug injection: a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart.
- The state’s use of the death penalty has increased during the final term of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.
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