Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 922.11 (2025)

Regulation of execution.

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1944–2014 · leading case: Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida, 132 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 2014).

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Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida, 132 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 2014). · cites it 8× “Section 922.11(2), Florida Statutes (2013), provides that twelve citizens selected by the warden may view the execution, along with counsel for the inmate, and ministers requested by the inmate.”

Dane P. Abdool v. Pam Bondi, etc., 141 So. 3d 529 (Fla. 2014). · cites it 4× “(2013) (requiring that a “death sentence shall be executed by lethal injection, unless the person sentenced to death affirmatively elects to be executed by electrocution”); § 922.11, Fla. Stat. (2013) (authorizing the warden to set the date of the execution within the week…”

Goode v. Wainwright, 448 So. 2d 999 (Fla. 1984). · cites it 2× “The sentence is imposed by the judicial branch of government, but its execution lies within the executive branch of government. The legislature has provided for the method of execution of a death sentence, section 922.”

North v. 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 : ' “The superintendent of the-state prison or some authorized deputy by him to be designated shall be present at the execution, and for the purpose of executing sentences of…”

In re Advisory Opinion to Governor, 19 So. 2d 370 (Fla. 1944). · cites it 2× “” Section 922.11, Florida Statutes, 1941, provides, inter alia: “Not less than five days prior to the week of execution, the person sentenced to death shall be kept securely in or adjacent to the permanent death chamber, and the sentence of death shall be carried out on some…”

— 922.11(2) — 1 case

Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida, 132 So. 3d 176 (Fla. 2014). “Section 922.11(2), Florida Statutes (2013), provides that twelve citizens selected by the warden may view the execution, along with counsel for the inmate, and ministers requested by the inmate.”

— 922.11(3) — 1 case

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