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A man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl is scheduled Thursday to be executed in Florida, which would be the record 16th death sentence carried out under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Besides Stephen Bryant, who is scheduled to be executed Friday, 23 people are on South Carolina’s execution list.
Florida’s Governor Is a Veteran. So Are Seven Inmates He’ll Send to the Execution Chamber This Year.
While veterans represent an estimated 12 percent of Florida’s 256 death row inmates, they account for nearly 40 percent of the 18 death warrants that the governor has signed this year.
Stephen Bryant, a 44-year-old convicted killer, is scheduled to face a firing squad in South Carolina on Friday, marking the state's third such execution this year. Bryant was condemned for killing three people over five days in a rural area in 2004.