Florida convicted of murdering his wife and child | Florida

one Florida The man, who was convicted of killing his wife and two children, was due to be executed Thursday in 1994, which will be the state’s ninth death penalty in 2025, setting a new record for one year.

The 10th execution is planned to be carried out on August 19 and the 11th execution is carried out on August 28.

Edward Zakrzewski, 60, will be executed by fatal injection Thursday at 6 p.m. Florida State prison near Starke.

Zakrzewski was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday for his final appeal to stay.

The highest annual total of Florida’s most recent executions since the Supreme Court resumed its death penalty in 1976 was eight in 2014. Florida has more executioners than any other state this year, while Texas and South Carolina tied for second place, with four each.

Air Force veteran Zachel Tseich, 34-year-old wife Sylvia, 1994, and their children Edward and five-year-old Anna were sentenced to death at their home in Okaloosa County, Panhandle. Trial testimony shows that he committed a murder after his wife sought a divorce, and he told others that he would kill his family instead of allowing it.

Opponents pointed to Zachevsky’s military service and the fact that the jury voted 7-5 to execute the execution, with few teams. Under current state law, he cannot be executed by such a split jury vote. The trial judge sentenced Zakrzewski to three-person verdict.

An action network for anti-execution petitions was organized to ask people to call DeSantis’s office and read the prepared scripts urging execution for Zakrzewski.

“Florida does not require a death penalty to be safe. This execution will not make us safer, it will only add another kind of violence to an already tragic story. Justice does not require death,” the script reads in part.

Zakrzewski’s lawyers have filed numerous appeals over the years, all of which have been denied.

26 men have died in court-ordered executions so far this year, with 11 other people planning to be executed in seven states for the remainder of 2025.

When Michael Bernard Bell died on July 15 with a fatal injection, Florida was also the last state to execute someone. DeSantis also signed a warrant for the 10th execution of this year for Kayle Bates, who kidnapped a woman from an insurance company and killed her more than 40 years ago.

DeSantis issued a death warrant for Curtis Windom, 59, on Wednesday night, and was sentenced to killing three people in the Orlando area in 1992. His decision was made on August 28.

Florida uses a three-toxic cocktail for fatal injections: a sedative, a paralysis and medication that can stop the heart.