florida execution Mark Allen Geralds.

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during home invasion robbery is scheduled to be put to death in December. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is setting a record pace for executions, signed a death warrant Friday. Mark Allen Geralds is scheduled to die by lethal injection Dec. 9 at Florida State Prison. Geralds would be the 18th person set for execution in Florida in 2025, with DeSantis overseeing more executions in a single year than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The previous record was set in 2014 with eight executions. Geralds was convicted of murder, armed robbery, burglary and grand theft auto and sentenced to death in 1990.