Florida's lethal injections are carried out with three drugs: a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart.
November 21, 2025
high
procedural
Composition of Florida Department of Corrections' lethal injection protocol.
In 2025, 44 people died by court-ordered execution in the United States, and Florida executed more people than any other state that year while Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas each carried out five executions.
November 21, 2025
high
temporal
Reported national and state-level execution totals for 2025.
Donald Trump is a New York City native and, as of 2025-11-21, is a resident of the state of Florida.
November 21, 2025
high
biographical
Biographical residence and birthplace information for a public political figure.
As of 2025-11-20, Florida had carried out 17 executions in 2025, the most executions of any U.S. state in 2025; Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas had carried out five executions each in 2025.
November 20, 2025
high
temporal
State-level counts of executions reported for the year 2025.
As of November 20, 2025, Florida had executed more people in 2025 than any other U.S. state; Alabama, South Carolina, and Texas had each carried out five executions in 2025.
November 20, 2025
high
temporal
State-by-state comparison of executions carried out during the year 2025.
The oil industry seeks access to new offshore areas, including parts of Southern California and offshore areas near Florida, to increase U.S. energy security and support jobs.
November 20, 2025
high
descriptive
General industry objective linking expanded offshore access to energy security and employment.
U.S. federal offshore leasing programs can include lease auctions for tracts in federal waters off multiple U.S. states and regions, such as California's coast, Alaska's Arctic waters, waters near Florida, and the western and central Gulf of Mexico.
November 19, 2025
high
policy
Describes the geographic scope that federal offshore leasing programs may target.
In 2025, Florida set 19 people for execution under Governor Ron DeSantis, the most executions in a single year by any Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
November 18, 2025
high
temporal
Counts of executions in Florida during the 2025 calendar year compared to historical post-reinstatement records.
Iguanas, an invasive reptile species in Florida, can enter a cold-induced torpor or suspended animation and become immobile when ambient temperatures fall below about 40 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 4 degrees Celsius); they typically recover mobility as temperatures rise.
November 10, 2025
high
biological
Describes a physiological response of iguanas to low temperatures that can cause temporary immobility.
A second-degree attempted murder conviction in Florida carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
November 06, 2025
high
temporal
Statutory penalty associated with a second-degree attempted murder conviction in the state of Florida.
Historically, Apalachicola Bay in Florida produced approximately 90% of Florida's oysters and about 10% of the United States' oyster supply.
November 05, 2025
high
statistical
Historical production share of Apalachicola Bay within state and national oyster harvests.
Florida has never had a Black governor.
November 04, 2025
high
temporal
State-level historic fact about gubernatorial officeholders in Florida as of the present.
Florida and Arkansas have approved the Classic Learning Test (CLT) for use in public schools.
November 03, 2025
high
policy
State-level approval of the CLT for public school use.
Legalizing open carry has been a longstanding policy goal of gun rights advocacy groups in Florida.
October 29, 2025
high
temporal
Open-carry advocacy is a durable political objective among Florida gun-rights activists.
Florida's lethal injection protocol uses three drugs administered in sequence: a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
October 28, 2025
high
procedural
Description of the drug combination used in Florida's lethal injections.
A Florida legislative proposal called the Shane Jones Act would allow families to sue government entities that the proposal alleges 'failed to enforce' immigration laws for crimes committed by people present in the United States without authorization.
October 23, 2025
high
temporal
Description of the primary legal remedy contained in the proposed Florida bill.
The Shane Jones Act proposal would impose financial penalties on law enforcement agencies that refuse to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
October 23, 2025
high
temporal
Provision in the proposed Florida legislation linking enforcement cooperation with ICE to penalties.
The 2025 report by Black Voters Matter Fund and Fair Fight Action estimated that Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas could end up with fewer Democratic U.S. House representatives if Section 2 protections were eliminated.
October 15, 2025
high
statistical
The analysis identified Southern and other states with racially polarized voting where removal of Section 2 could reduce Democratic representation.
Protective orders in Florida can prohibit contact between the respondent and the protected person, require the respondent to maintain a specified distance from the protected person's residence or workplace, prohibit referencing the protected person on social media, and set an expiration date; violations of such orders can result in fines or imprisonment.
October 15, 2025
medium
legal
Typical provisions and enforcement consequences described in a reported Florida protective order.
Florida carries out executions using a three-drug injection protocol consisting of a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart.
October 14, 2025
high
procedural
Describes the method and drug classes used in Florida's execution protocol as reported by the state corrections authority.
Florida carries out executions using a three-drug lethal injection protocol consisting of a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
October 14, 2025
high
procedural
Describes the components of Florida's lethal injection protocol as reported by the state corrections agency.
Florida's Government in the Sunshine law (an open-meetings law) requires public agencies and government bodies to provide public notice of meetings and to conduct meetings openly to the public.
October 14, 2025
high
legal
State statutory requirement governing public notice and openness for government meetings in Florida.
Smaller enclaves of Gullah people, often referred to as Geechee in some areas, are distributed along the U.S. Southeast coast from North Carolina to Florida.
October 12, 2025
high
geographic
General geographic distribution of Gullah/Geechee communities along the southeastern United States.
Publix operates supermarket stores in eight U.S. states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, with more than 1,421 total supermarket locations and over 900 locations in Florida.
October 09, 2025
high
temporal
Company footprint and store counts reported for Publix.
New York's anti-SLAPP law is generally regarded as stronger than Florida's anti-SLAPP law, according to assessments by the Public Participation Project.
October 08, 2025
high
legal_comparison
Comparative assessment of state-level anti-SLAPP statutory protections in the United States.
In 2025, Florida carried out 15 executions, the most of any U.S. state in that year, while Texas and Alabama each carried out five executions in 2025.
January 01, 2025
high
statistical
Annual execution counts by state for 2025.
In 2025, Florida accounted for 16 of the 43 executions carried out in the United States.
January 01, 2025
high
temporal
Count of executions by state during the calendar year 2025.
In 2025, Florida's governor authorized more executions in a single calendar year than any other Florida governor since the state reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
January 01, 2025
high
temporal
Record number of executions authorized in a single year in Florida compared to prior post-1976 governors.
Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to prostitution charges in Florida prior to 2019.
January 01, 2019
high
temporal
Background on Jeffrey Epstein's prior criminal conviction before later federal proceedings.
The previous single-year record for executions in Florida was eight executions in 2014.
December 31, 2014
high
temporal
Historical single-year execution totals for the state of Florida.
The previous record for executions in a single year in the state of Florida was eight executions in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
temporal
State-level annual execution total serving as Florida's prior single-year high.
Florida's highest previous annual total of executions since the 1976 restoration was eight executions in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
temporal
State-level execution counts used for comparing annual execution totals.
The highest previous annual total of executions in Florida was eight in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
temporal
Historical annual execution counts for the state of Florida.
Florida's record for most executions in a single year was eight executions in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
statistical
State-level historical statistic on executions in Florida.
Florida's highest annual total of executions prior to 2025 was eight executions in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
statistical
State-level execution totals for Florida.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976, Florida's highest annual execution tally on record was eight people in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
historical
Historical comparison of annual execution totals in Florida following the 1976 restoration of the death penalty.
Florida recorded eight executions in 2014, which was the state's previous single-year record for executions.
January 01, 2014
high
temporal
State-level execution count and single-year record.
The previous record for executions carried out in a single year in Florida since 1976 was eight executions in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
temporal
State-level historical record for executions in Florida.
The previous record for executions in Florida in a single calendar year was eight executions, set in 2014.
January 01, 2014
high
temporal
Historical single-year execution count for Florida prior to 2025.
Pam Bondi served as Florida's attorney general from 2011 to 2019 and was the state's first female attorney general.
January 01, 2011
high
temporal
Biographical information about Pam Bondi's public office tenure.
Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida in 2008 to state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution under an agreement that required him to serve 13 months in jail and register as a sex offender, and that agreement effectively ended a federal sex abuse investigation involving at least 40 teenage girls.
January 01, 2008
high
temporal
Summary of the 2008 legal agreement and its consequences
Florida reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
January 01, 1976
high
temporal
Background on the legal history of capital punishment in Florida.
In 1860, on the eve of the U.S. Civil War, approximately three out of every four residents of Leon County, Florida, were enslaved people.
January 01, 1860
high
historical
Demographic composition of Leon County prior to the Civil War, reflecting the county's role in the antebellum slavery economy.
Florida was the location of the first permanent European settlement in the continental United States.
high
historical
Broad historical fact about early European colonization in what is now the contiguous United States.
Lethal injection is a method of execution used by multiple U.S. states, including Missouri and Florida.
high
method
Lethal injection is a commonly used execution method in U.S. state correctional systems.
Florida's Government in the Sunshine law is a state open-government statute that governs public access, transparency, and notice requirements for certain government meetings in Florida.
high
legal
Describes the nature and purpose of Florida's open-government statute referenced in the article.
Florida's judicial system includes intermediate appellate courts called District Courts of Appeal, such as the 3rd District Court of Appeal, which hear appeals from lower courts.
high
legal
Describes the role and existence of Florida's district courts of appeal referenced in the article.
Ybor City is a neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, known as a popular nightlife and tourist area.
high
descriptive
General description of the character of the Ybor City neighborhood.