MIAMI.- In what represented the fourth death penalty In three months in Florida, this Tuesday the American rapist and murderer was executed by lethal injection Michael King.
However, civil associations do not agree with the “accelerated pace” of the capital punishment in that entity of the United States.
Where and how was Michael King executed?
The Florida Department of Corrections reported that Michael King, 54, was executed by lethal injection at 6:13 p.m. local time (22:13 GMT) in the Florida State Prison from the city of Raiford.
It was the 32nd prisoner executed since 2019 under the government of Ron DeSantiswho authorized his death for the kidnapping, murder and rape of Denise Amber Lee, a young woman from Sarasota County.
The case, which occurred in 2008, sparked national interest because the victim and others called 911, but there were communication failures.
Police and other emergency services arrived too late, so the Florida Congress passed the “Amber Lee Law” to train operators.
Additionally, while the kidnapping occurred, the woman’s two-year-old and six-month-old children were left alone in their cribs.
Florida, with the most death penalty cases in the United States
Despite the details of the crime, King’s execution sparked criticism of the DeSantis administration because Florida leads the death penalty in the United States.
With this case, Florida has killed four of the seven prisoners executed throughout the United States so far in 2026 after imposing a record of 19 executions in 2025more than a third of the 47 registered in the country, according to the Death Penaly Information Center.
When will the next executions be in Florida?
After King, the next two executions in the United States will also be in Florida: child serial killer James Aren Duckett scheduled for March 31and that of Chadwick Willacywho burned his neighbor alive, scheduled for April 21.
The Catholic Mobilizing Network published a petition to avoid King’s death penalty and instead sentence him to life sentence without the right to parole.
This, with the argument that when he was a child he suffered a blow to the head that caused him “serious mental problems“.
“After carrying out 19 executions last year, the highest annual total in state history, Florida has established an early precedent of scheduling executions every two weeks“said the organization.
“It is urgent that we raise our voices to oppose this death streak and violation of the dignity of life.”
In contrast to Florida, Alabama last week pardoned the death sentence of an African-American for a murder committed in 1991, even though he was not the one who fired the gun that killed the victim, whose daughter asked to spare his life.
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