Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty ^27.9%

ProPublica - By Pamela Colloff - 6/30/2026, 9:00 AM

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This spring, Father Dustin Feddon began waking up in the middle of the night. Heart racing, he would stand at the bathroom sink in the dark, splashing cold water on his face until the feeling passed. For about a dozen years, Feddon had visited prisoners on Florida’s death row as their appeals wound their way through the courts. Some had... more

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Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty ^27.9%

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Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty 27.9%

Florida Is Executing Prisoners at a Record Pace, Even as Most of the U.S. Abandons the Death Penalty ^27.9%