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USA - Florida. Norman Grim, 65, White, was executed on October 28
October 28, 2025: October 28, 2025 - Florida. Norman Grim, 65, White, was executed on October 28
Via lethal injection
Grim was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke.
Grim was sentenced to death in 2000 by unanimous jury vote. Prosecutors seeking his execution had argued he “sexually assaulted and beat and stabbed his next-door neighbor Cynthia Campbell to death with a claw hammer and a knife.” The victim was reported missing in July 1998, and her battered body was found in waters near the Pensacola Bay Bridge by a fisherman. Physical evidence including DNA tied Grim to her killing.
After a death warrant is signed and an execution date is set, inmates have a last chance to make appeals to the Florida Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court. But earlier this month, Grim waived any appeals.
According to Department of Corrections spokesman Ted Veerman, Grim had no visitors and did not meet with a spiritual adviser as the execution hour loomed.
Grim becomes the 15th person executed this year in Florida, the 121st overall since Florida resumed capital punishment in 1979, the 41st person to be put to death this year in the US and the 1,648th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
Since the US Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976, the highest previous annual total of Florida executions was eight in 2014. Florida has executed more people than any other state this year, followed by Texas and Alabama with five each. Two more executions are planned for next month in Florida under death warrants signed by DeSantis.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/28/us/florida-execution-norman-grim (Source: CNN, 28/10/2025)
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