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Florida man put to death for murder

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the newest of 2 developments

STARKE, Fla. -- A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law was executed Tuesday, continuing the state's aggressive use of the death penalty in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' final term.

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  1. Florida set to carry out its 13th execution this year in the nation's busiest death chamber

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    Florida man put to death for murder

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Florida set to carry out 13th execution this year in nation's busiest death chamber (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed

  2. WFLA

    Florida man who killed his estranged wife, wounding mother-in-law, set to be executed (opens WFLA)

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    WFLA's feed description

    A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed Tuesday, continuing the state's aggressive use of the death penalty in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ' final term.

  3. Tampa Bay Times

    Florida to carry out 13th execution this year in nation’s busiest death chamber (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    Tampa Bay Times's feed description

    MIAMI — A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed Tuesday, continuing the state’s aggressive use of the death penalty in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ final term.

  4. FOX 35 Orlando

    William Silvia: Florida man scheduled for execution on Tuesday (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    The state of Florida is scheduled to carry out its 13th execution of the year on Tuesday, barring any last-minute holds. William Francis Silvia is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. at the Florida State Prison complex for the 2006 murder of his estranged wife and the attempted murder of her mother a…

  5. WTOP Washington DC

    Florida set to carry out its 13th execution this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    WTOP Washington DC's feed description

    MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to…

  6. The Guardian

    Florida to carry out its 13th execution this year in US’s busiest death chamber (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    US supreme court declined to halt execution of William Frances Silvia, and state has two executions next month A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law is set to be executed on Tuesday, continuing the state’s aggressive use of the death penalty in…

  7. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Florida carries out 13th execution of the year on man convicted of killing estranged wife (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Florida carries out 13th execution of the year on man convicted of killing estranged wife

  8. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Florida carries out its 13th execution of the year on a man convicted of killing estranged wife (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law has been executed

  9. New York Post

    Florida carries out 13th execution this year amid DeSantis’ aggressive death penalty push (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Florida put to death its 13th prisoner Tuesday evening as the state leads the way in most executions across the US.

  10. UPI

    Florida puts wife killer to death in state's 13th execution of year (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The State of Florida on Tuesday executed a 61-year-old man for murdering his estranged wife during a cookout in September of 2006.

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Florida man put to death for murder (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    STARKE, Fla. -- A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law was executed Tuesday, continuing the state's aggressive use of the death penalty in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' final term.

  12. Watch Dog Report

    State’s 13th Execution of 2026 (opens Watch Dog Report)

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    Watch Dog Report's feed description

    Florida’s execution of William Frances Silvia — carried out by lethal injection at Florida State Prison and recorded as the state’s 13th execution of 2026 — is not an isolated event; it is a case concluded within a deliberate, accelerated capital punishment regime that has reshaped Florida’s place i…

  13. DeSantis Daily

    Florida Just Put a Wife Killer to Death and Ron DeSantis Is Not Done Yet (opens DeSantis Daily)

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    DeSantis Daily's feed description

    A man showed up to a family cookout with a shotgun and murdered his wife in 2006. Twenty years later, Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant. And Ron DeSantis just showed wife killer William Silvia what justice actually looks like.

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