Dec. 9 (UPI) — Florida on Tuesday executed a 58-year-old man convicted of murdering a Panama City mother during a home invasion in February 1989, a record 18th death row inmate killed by the Sunshine State this year.
Mark Geralds was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, about 47 miles southwest of Jacksonville. He was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. EST, the Florida Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Geralds had waived his right to appeal after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued his death warrant last month, making him a rare execution volunteer.
But his waiver follows protracted litigation in which he alleged prosecutorial misconduct, including ineffective assistance counsel, according to the Death Penalty Information Center…