TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Florida Capital Bureau) – Florida continues to lead the nation in executions as the next one is set.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Jesse Guardado for a 2004 Walton County murder.
According to that death warrant, Guardado was sentenced to death for the murder of 75-year-old Jackie Malone. He stabbed Maline several times before he took her purse, jewelry box, briefcase and cellphone.
Guardado was indicted for first degree murder and robbery with a weapon in Walton County, and entered a guilty plea without a plea agreement.
His execution is set for November 5. So far this year, there have been 16 executions in Florida according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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