Event Brief
DeSantis signs death warrant; double execution set
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Oct 01, 2026 at 12:20 PM ET
UPDATED Oct 02, 2026 at 7:20 AM ET
Summary: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a record-tying 19th death warrant, scheduling James “Chicken Head” Robertson’s lethal-injection execution for Oct. 13 at noon at Florida State Prison in Starke. The state also plans a second execution that day: William Lee Thompson at 6 p.m.
WHO: Gov. Ron DeSantis; James “Chicken Head” Robertson; William Lee Thompson
WHAT: DeSantis signed a death warrant and set an Oct. 13 execution date; two inmates are scheduled to be executed in Starke that day.
WHEN: Oct 13, 2026
WHERE: Florida State Prison, Starke, Florida
WHY: Robertson was sentenced to death after pleading guilty to the 2008 garrote strangulation murder of his cellmate, Frank Hart, admitted to killing him to receive a death sentence.
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