Florida Statute 922.11 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

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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Cases Citing Statute 922.11

Total Results: 5

Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc.

141 So. 3d 529, 39 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 421, 2014 WL 2609154, 2014 Fla. LEXIS 1887

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jun 12, 2014 | Docket: 58814

Cited 28 times | Published

affirmatively elects to be executed by electrocution”); § 922.11, Fla. Stat. (2013) (authorizing the warden to

Goode v. Wainwright

448 So. 2d 999

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 2, 1984 | Docket: 2522275

Cited 9 times | Published

(1983), and the regulation of the execution, section 922.11, Florida Statutes (1983). When the death warrant

Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida

132 So. 3d 176

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jan 3, 2014 | Docket: 400989

Cited 4 times | Published

forth who may be allowed to view an execution. Section 922.11(2), Florida Statutes (2013), provides that

North v. Chapman

74 So. 2d 787, 1954 Fla. LEXIS 1168

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 1954 | Docket: 64485973

Published

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

In re Advisory Opinion to Governor

154 Fla. 866, 19 So. 2d 370

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Sep 30, 1944 | Docket: 60410764

Published

the manner and means hereinafter prescribed.” Section 922.11, Florida Statutes, 1941, provides, inter alia: