David Pittman
David Joseph Pittman, 63, was executed by the State of Florida by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke on September 17, 2025. His lawyers had argued for years that he has intellectual disabilities and brain damage, and that executing him would violate the Constitution; they said a full hearing on the intellectual disability claim was still pending when the Florida Supreme Court ruled the bar did not apply retroactively. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal the day before. Pittman maintained his innocence in his last words, and family members of the victims attended and said the execution brought them closure.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His lawyers argued he had intellectual disabilities and that his execution would violate the Constitution, and he maintained his innocence in his last words.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Vocal.media roundup of 2025 U.S. executions (reporters); his lawyers.