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Florida Set to Execute Billy Leon Kearse: A Summary of the Podcast Episode

Florida is preparing to execute Billy Leon Kearse, convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery for killing a police officer in 1991. Kearse, now 53, shot Officer Danny Parrish during a traffic stop, using the officers own gun. Despite appeals claiming intellectual disability and unfair penalty hearing, the Florida Supreme Court rejected them, and final pleas are pending at the U.S. Supreme Court. This execution marks Floridas third this year, following a record 19 in 2022 under Governor Ron DeSantis. Two more executions are scheduled for March, making Florida the top state for executions since the death penalty returned in 1976.

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