Malik Abdul-Sajjad
Malik Abdul-Sajjad, 63, was a U.S. Army veteran who was honorably discharged and later worked as a houseman in the prison, according to court records. The Florida Department of Corrections said he was executed by lethal injection at Union Correctional Institution on November 20, 2025. His lawyers argued that the method could cause a torturous death and that his lupus had been undertreated in prison. The Florida Supreme Court found the motion untimely, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay hours before the execution; officials said it proceeded without incident.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His lawyers argued the lethal injection method could cause a torturous death and that his lupus had been undertreated in prison.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Vocal.media roundup of 2025 U.S. executions (reporters); his lawyers.