Donald David Dillbeck
Donald D. Dillbeck, 59, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, on February 23, 2023. Florida prison officials confirmed the execution in a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal from his lawyers. His lawyers had argued that a neurobehavioral disorder linked to prenatal alcohol exposure should have exempted him from execution. They also argued that his death sentence was not imposed unanimously by a jury. He was the 100th person put to death in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His lawyers argued that a neurobehavioral disorder linked to prenatal alcohol exposure should have exempted him from execution, and that his sentence was not unanimously imposed by a jury.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Florida prison officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.