Florida to carry out its 13th execution this year in US’s busiest death chamber
Summary
Florida is scheduled to carry out its 13th execution in 2026, continuing an active use of the death penalty under Governor Ron DeSantis. William Frances Silvia will be executed for a 2006 murder, with two more executions planned in the state this September.Key Facts
- William Frances Silvia, 61, is set to be executed by a three-drug injection for killing his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law in 2006.
- Silvia was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted murder and sentenced to death after a retrial in 2018.
- Florida has executed 13 people so far in 2026, more than half of the 22 executions in the US this year.
- The US Supreme Court denied a request to stop Silvia’s execution.
- Florida plans two more executions in September, on the 1st and 10th.
- The Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, responsible for legal help to death row inmates, was argued to be unable to provide adequate defense for Silvia due to workload, but the Florida Supreme Court rejected the appeal.
- Florida led the country with 19 executions in 2025, setting a state record since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
- In July 2026, Florida executed two prisoners in one day, the first state to do so in nearly 10 years.
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