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Florida Set to Execute Norman Grim for 1998 Rape-Murder of Neighbor Tonight

He waived further appeals this month following a 2000 conviction supported by DNA evidence.

Overview

  • The 65-year-old is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke.
  • If carried out, the execution would be Florida's 15th in 2025, extending the state's record for a single year.
  • Prosecutors say Grim attacked 41-year-old Cynthia Campbell after inviting her for coffee, inflicting multiple blunt-force injuries and stab wounds before dumping her body in Pensacola Bay.
  • Florida conducts lethal injections with a sedative, a paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.
  • The U.S. has logged 40 executions so far this year, and Florida has two more scheduled for November under warrants signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.