US EditionFlorida set to execute man for killing wife, 2 kids in new state death sentence record for 1 year
BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUL 31 – Edward Zakrzewski was convicted of killing his wife and two children after a divorce dispute; his execution marks Florida's ninth this year, setting a state record for 2025.
- Edward Zakrzewski, who was sentenced to death for the 1994 murders of his wife and their two children using a crowbar, rope, and machete, is set to be executed Thursday at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison.
- Zakrzewski’s execution follows decades of legal proceedings including a 7-5 jury recommendation for death sentences and a 6-6 deadlock on one child’s case, with the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting last-minute appeals.
- Florida leads the nation in executions this year, as Thursday’s execution will be the ninth in 2025, setting a new modern-era state record since 1976.
- Governor Ron DeSantis supports capital punishment for horrific crimes, while opponents argue “this execution will not make us safer” and call Florida’s death penalty system flawed and racially biased.
- Zakrzewski’s execution highlights Florida as an outlier in U.S. death penalty use, with more executions scheduled in August including Kayle Bates on the 19th and Curtis Windom on the 28th.
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With the state killing of Edward Zakrzewski, Florida on track to execute 11 death row inmates in 2025
Florida has carried out one-third of the 27 executions so far this year. With 10 more state killings planned, the US is on track to execute 37 people in 2025 compared to 25 in 2024.
The state of Florida, in the south of the United States, has broken the annual record of executions with the ninth death penalty of 2025 in just seven months. It has done so after providing the lethal injection this Thursday to Edward J. Zakrzewski, an ex-military man convicted of murdering his wife and two children with a machete when she asked for a divorce.
Florida carries out record 9th execution of year on man convicted of killing wife and 2 children
A man convicted of the 1994 killings of his wife and their two children became the ninth person put to death in Florida this year, his death Thursday marking a state record for a single-year execution total since the U.S. Supreme Court restored the death penalty decades ago.
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