Execution Set for Late August After Decades of Appeals Denied
Governor Ron DeSantis continues to order executions, signing a death warrant Tuesday for Curtis Windom, 59, convicted of a triple murder in Orange County in 1992. Windom is scheduled to be executed on August 28 at Florida State Prison at 6:00 pm. If carried out, he would be the eleventh inmate executed in Florida this year, marking a potentially record-breaking pace for the state.
The warrant directs the Florida State Prison to carry out the sentence of death upon Windom, who was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder stemming from a violent rampage in February 1992.
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According to a letter from Attorney General James Uthmeier to Governor DeSantis, Windom’s crimes began on February 7, 1992.
He first shot and killed Johnnie Lee over an alleged $2,000 debt, shortly after learning Lee had won money at a dog track. Windom then proceeded to the apartment of his girlfriend, Valerie Davis, where he shot and killed her. He then shot and seriously injured Kenneth Williams on the street. Finally, Windom approached Mary Lubin, Valerie Davis’s mother, in her car and shot her twice, killing her.
Windom was convicted on August 28, 1992, and sentenced to death on November 10, 1992, for the murders of Johnnie Lee, Valerie Davis, and Mary Lubin. His convictions and death sentences were affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court in 1995.
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Since his initial conviction, Windom has pursued extensive post-conviction litigation in both state and federal courts. All of his motions and petitions, including multiple habeas corpus filings, have been denied, and these denials have been consistently affirmed on appeal. The Attorney General’s office confirmed that there are no active stays of execution issued by any court of competent jurisdiction.
Executive clemency for Curtis Windom was considered under the Rules of Executive Clemency, but it was determined not to be appropriate.
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