Death Chamber Dynamics: When Justice Becomes a Numbers Game in Florida Florida's reputation for sunshine has long been accompanied by another notorious claim to fame: its aggressive use of the death penalty.
As Governor Ron DeSantis' term nears its end, the state is poised to carry out its 13th execution this year – and that's not even counting the two scheduled for September.
The case of William Silvia serves as a grim reminder that Florida's machinery of capital punishment has become all too familiar with human life.