Florida
A comprehensive list of the nearly 400 (as of December 2010) Florida death row inmates can be found on the Florida managed site here.
The following is a partial excerpt from the Florida site.
| Name | Description of crime | Date sentenced | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Long | Serial killer who murdered 10 women in Tampa, Florida area. Also linked to dozens of rapes in Florida and California that were never prosecuted. | July 1986 | Also received numerous life sentences for some of his murders and rapes | |
| Emilia Carr | Kidnapping and murder of a woman in February 2009 | December 7, 2010. | One of four women on death row in Florida | |
| David Sparre | Murder of woman he met via Craigslist in Jacksonville | March 30, 2012 | Stabbed a 21-year old married woman to death in her apartment on July 10, 2010; Sparre was arrested July 26, 2010 while visiting relatives in Charleston, S.C. | |
| William White | Kidnapped and murdered a young woman White and friends met at a local nightclub; body was then dumped. | December 20, 1978 | White was a member of a biker gang called the "Outlaws"; he and another beat and then he himself stabbed the victim 14 times and cut her throat on June 6, 1978. Her body was found off a deserted roadside. | |
| John E Furguson | On July 27, 1977 Furguson and three accomplices invaded a home and shot eight people in the head, six of whom died; it was the deadliest massacre in Miami history at the time. Furguson also shot and killed two teenagers sitting in a parked car in January, 1978; he was arrested on April 5 and charged with multiple homicides. | May 25, 1978 | Had a long history of violence and had served 18 months for assault and robbery before being released in early 1977. Furguson was also suspected in other violent robberies including one of an elderly couple. | |
| Margaret Allen | Murdered her housekeeper and buried body in shallow grave following an argument over missing money. | May 19, 2011 | Allen had history of arrests, felony convictions and violence. | |
| Kenneth Allen Stewart | Shot a man and woman who gave Stewart a ride, then stole their truck and set it on fire; the woman survived but man later died of his injuries. Both were able to identify their attacker from photos shown by police. | October 3, 1986 | Couple were shot on April 14, 1985; the male victim died several days later from his injuries. |
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Death Row Inmates
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