Entries tagged with “David Pittman”
Executions
Jan 07, 2026
New Report Examines Florida’s Unprecedented Execution Pace and Trends in 2025
The United States carried out 47 executions in 2025, and Florida carried out 19 — the highest number in state history and more than double its previous modern record, according to a year-end report from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP). Executions in Florida — which averaged one execution every 16 days from February 2025 through December 2025 — accounted for 40% of the 47 executions nationwide, making Florida a clear outlier in the use of the death penalty in the United States.
Sep 16, 2025
Two Scheduled Executions of People with Intellectual Disability in Florida Raise Serious Concerns
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2002 decision in Atkins v. Virginia established that the Eighth Amendment prohibits executing people with intellectual disability. The Court later clarified that rigid IQ cutoffs were not permissible and also required states to consider meaningful evidence of intellectual disability, including scientifically valid expert testimony and adaptive functioning deficits. Despite this unequivocal constitutional protection, two death-sentenced prisoners — David Pittman and Victor…