Chadwick Scott Willacy, convicted of first-degree murder for setting his elderly neighbor on fire after she allegedly caught him burglarizing her home, maintained his innocence right before being executed by the State of Florida on Tuesday. "To the victim ...

Florida leads the nation in executions this year, with five carried out so far in 2026. Governor Ron DeSantis has accelerated the pace of executions, citing an obligation to provide closure for victims' families. In 2025, Florida set a new state record ...

Current prison status: Wilson is held at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, under death row conditions, with limited movement and contact. Crimes and conviction: In 2019, Wilson murdered two women in separate brutal incidents; he was ...

Florida executed Chadwick Willacy on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at Florida State Prison for the 1990 murder of his next-door neighbor.

Texas on Thursday executed a 53-year-old man for the 2004 murder of an elderly woman, marking the state's 600th execution of the modern era.

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