Entries tagged with “Anthony Wainwright”
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…
Aug 07, 2025
Florida’s Executions: Troubling Patterns of Secrecy and Inadequate Legal Representation
On July 31, 2025, the state of Florida executed its ninth person this year, Edward Zakrzewski, marking the highest number of executions in a single year in Florida in modern death penalty history. The haste with which Governor DeSantis is scheduling executions has prompted many questions and additional scrutiny about a process that is cloaked in secrecy and a decision-maker who is untroubled by the serious issues in many of the cases set for execution. ###…
Jun 11, 2025
Anthony Wainwright, Executed June 10 in Florida, Lost Federal Appeals Due to Lawyers’ Mistakes and Indifference and Was Denied Counsel of His Choice
When a lawyer makes a mistake, who suffers the consequences? The“agency principle” says the client does, under the rationale that clients choose their lawyers and authorize their actions. But courts universally apply this principle to all attorney-client relationships, including when indigent, isolated death-sentenced prisoners are appointed attorneys by the state, with little or no means of controlling their lawyers’ actions. Many commentators have noted the…