The execution of Edward Zakrzewski set a record for the most in Florida in a single year, 9, since the death penalty was restored.

Bell is the eighth person put to death in Florida this year, with a ninth scheduled for later this month. The state executed six people in 2023, but carried out only one execution last year.

A Florida man has been executed for the kidnap and killing of a woman abducted from an insurance office in 1982. It was Florida’s 10th execution of 2025 and further extended the state’s record ...