Florida’s Death Penalty Spree: Double Executions and Governor’s ‘Not Proud’ Flex
KEY POINTS
- •Florida led the nation with 19 executions in 2025, including two men executed within hours in July, a first in over 60 years.
- •Governor Ron DeSantis has rapidly signed 14 death warrants in 2026, claiming likely the highest execution count in Florida’s history but says he is 'not proud' because it's 'weighty.'
- •Trump’s administration promoted increased federal death penalty use and ensured lethal injection drug supplies, contrasting Biden’s moratorium and commutations for 37 federal death row inmates.
In a plot twist only Florida could script, the Sunshine State embraced its macabre hobby by executing 19 people in 2025 – the highest tally since 2009. Governor Ron DeSantis, apparently moonlighting as a grim reaper intern, signed death warrants at a breakneck pace, boasting about nearly breaking the historical Florida record with zero pride — because nothing screams humility like announcing your peak body count. July’s double executions shocked the state since it hadn’t seen that kind of mortal multitasking in over six decades. While Trump’s DOJ pushed for a lethal needle supply chain, the Biden camp paused executions for a less murderous vibe, commuting 37 federal death row sentences. Meanwhile, Americans remain in ideological chaos: most favor death penalties for murderers, but somehow almost 60% doubt it deters crime, proving public opinion is basically a misdialed call between 'CSI' and 'The Office.'
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(1 of 3)Florida executes more people than it changes traffic lights, and DeSantis isn’t proud — just really, really efficient at dating death warrants.
Florida’s death penalty sprint is basically a race to ‘most executions signed off while pretending it’s not a big deal.’ DeSantis is the Usain Bolt of lethal paperwork.
Trump wanted a lethal injection drug stash like it was Black Friday at the Inmate Disposal Depot. Meanwhile, America’s opinion on the death penalty looks like a badly written Netflix drama.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/2/2026 | Author: Avery Lotz
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