Entries tagged with “Bryan Jennings”
Upcoming Executions
,Feb 24, 2026
Scheduled Execution of Billy Kearse Renews Constitutional Alarms About Pace of Executions in Florida
“I am extremely concerned by the recent pace of death warrants and the speed with which the parties and involved entities must carry out their respective duties.” Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga wrote those words in 2023, a year in which Florida conducted six executions with an average warrant period of 36 days. Such a pace was already straining the state’s judicial, legal, and prison systems. But in 2025, under the sole authority of Governor Ron DeSantis, the…
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…
Upcoming Executions
,Nov 24, 2025
18th Florida Death Row Prisoner Set for Execution in 2025 Waives Appeals, Fifth Volunteer of 2025
Mark Geralds has waived all pending and future legal proceedings in his case and is scheduled to be executed by Florida officials on December 9, 2025. Mr. Geralds elected to forgo his appeals just days after Governor Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant, joining a documented group of death row prisoners who have also decided not to try and prevent their executions. Mr. Geralds“indicated that his wish was to forgo all warrant proceedings and allow the execution to…
Nov 10, 2025
New DPI Report Reveals Military Veterans are Overrepresented on Death Row and Juries Often Do Not Hear Critical Evidence of Military Service
As the United States prepares to observe Veterans Day 2025, the Death Penalty Information Center today released a new comprehensive report: *Forgotten Service, Lasting Wounds: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty*. The report reveals that approximately 200 military veterans await execution on death rows across the U.S., and one in seven executions since 1972 has been a military veteran. Many of the juries that sentenced these men and women to death never heard about…