Death Row
Five Inmates
Executed in FY 2002-03
- On June 30, 2003, there were 367 inmates on
Florida’s death row.
- Florida administers execution by electric chair or
lethal injection. Lethal injection became an option
for death row inmates in FY 1999-00.
- The first inmate to die by lethal injection was
Terry Sims on February 23, 2000.
- The executioner is an anonymous, private citizen
who is paid $150 cash per execution.
- A death row cell is 6 X 9 X 9.5 feet high.
- Five death row inmates were executed in FY 2002-03.
Death Row Population at the
end of each Fiscal Year
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Additions and Removals from Death Row
FY 1993-94 to FY 2002-03
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