The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 922
EXECUTION

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F.S. 922.11

922.11 Regulation of execution.—

(1) The warden of the state prison or a deputy designated by him or her shall be present at the execution. The warden shall set the day for execution within the week designated by the Governor in the warrant.

(2) Twelve citizens selected by the warden shall witness the execution. A qualified physician shall be present and announce when death has been inflicted. Counsel for the convicted person and ministers of religion requested by the convicted person may be present. Representatives of news media may be present under rules approved by the Secretary of Corrections. All other persons, except prison officers and correctional officers, shall be excluded during the execution.

(3) The body of the executed person shall be delivered to the medical examiner for an autopsy. After completion of the autopsy, the body shall be prepared for burial and, if requested, released to relatives of the deceased. If a coffin has not been provided by relatives, the body shall be delivered in a plain coffin. If the body is not claimed by relatives, it shall be given to physicians who have requested it for dissection or to be disposed of in the same manner as are bodies of prisoners dying in the state prison.

History.—s. 272, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(282); s. 1, ch. 20520, 1941; s. 1, ch. 59-90; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 138, ch. 70-339; s. 1, ch. 77-189; s. 31, ch. 79-3; s. 11, ch. 95-283; s. 5, ch. 96-213; s. 1841, ch. 97-102; s. 7, ch. 2000-161.

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Amendments to 922.11

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 922.11

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 922.11.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

P. ABDOOL, v. BONDI,, 141 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2014)

. . . injection, unless the person sentenced to death affirmatively elects to be executed by electrocution”); § 922.11 . . .

MUHAMMAD f k a v. STATE, 132 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 2013)

. . . Section 922.11(2), Florida Statutes (2013), provides that twelve citizens selected by the warden may . . . Section 922.11(3), Florida Statutes (2013), provides that the body of an executed person shall be delivered . . .

GOODE, III, v. L. WAINWRIGHT,, 448 So. 2d 999 (Fla. 1984)

. . . death sentence, section 922.10, Florida Statutes (1983), and the regulation of the execution, section 922.11 . . .

TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,, 375 So. 2d 307 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Specific Authority: 944.23, 922.11, Florida Statutes. . . . Specific Authority: 944.23, 922.11, Florida Statutes. . . . Law Implemented: 944.23, 922.11, Florida Statutes. Effective: 7/16/79. . . .

A. SPINKELLINK, v. L. WAINWRIGHT,, 578 F.2d 582 (5th Cir. 1978)

. . . . § 922.11. In response to Furman v. . . .

A. NORTH, v. L. F. CHAPMAN,, 74 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 1954)

. . . Petitioner is to be executed under the provisions of Section 922.11, F.S., F.S.A., which is as follows . . .

IN RE ADVISORY OPINION TO GOVERNOR, 154 Fla. 866 (Fla. 1944)

. . . It has been my understanding of the applicable provisions of the law, being Sections 922.09, 922.10, 922.11 . . . Section 922.11, Florida Statutes, 1941, provides, inter alia: “Not less than five days prior to the week . . .