Florida’s Execution Pace Accelerates | San Antonio News

Florida is set to execute William Frances Silvia Tuesday evening, marking its 13th lethal injection of the year and solidifying its status as the nation’s most active death penalty state — carrying out over half of all executions nationwide in 2026. Silvia, convicted in 2006 for murdering his estranged wife and injuring his mother-in-law during a cookout, was initially sentenced to death in 2008 before a retrial in 2018 reaffirmed the penalty. Despite legal challenges over inadequate counsel, Florida’s Supreme Court denied his appeal. The state has two more executions scheduled for September, and with 19 executions last year — a record since reinstatement — Florida continues its blistering pace, even executing two prisoners on the same day in July for the first time in nearly a decade. All executions use a three-drug lethal injection protocol. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/cb5fa97d4d4f4662