STARKE, Fla. — Curtis Wilkie Beasley was executed Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison after his attorneys unsuccessfully challenged the death warrant.
Beasley, 77, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, following a lethal injection, according to state officials.
He was the 16th person executed in Florida in 2026 and the seventh prisoner age 70 or older put to death in the state this year.
Beasley’s execution moved forward after his attorneys filed challenges seeking to block the death warrant. The legal efforts were denied, clearing the way for the state to carry out the sentence on Tuesday.
Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty provided a statement below.
Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida executed Curtis Wilkie Beasley, Sr. for the 1995 murder of Carolyn Monfort. In this gubernatorial administration alone, that makes him the 44th execution, the 13th veteran, the 14th senior citizen, and the 27th person condemned to die despite a non-unanimous jury vote for death.
Carolyn Monfort was murdered in her own home by someone she knew and had welcomed there. She had a family, a life, and people who expected to see her again. Her life deserves our recognition in its own right, even as we oppose the way Florida chose to bring her story to its conclusion.
Curtis’ case drew comparatively little of the attention that others have drawn. But the facts deserve to be heard nonetheless. Curtis‘ case is a prime example of the arbitrariness of Florida’s death penalty. Over the past month, his lawyers have fought to bring this disparity to light. The courts continue to turn a blind eye.
Curtis was sentenced by a non-unanimous jury, a practice found almost exclusively in Florida. Florida requires a jury vote of 8 to 4 to sentence someone to death, while Alabama requires a supermajority of 10 of 12 votes. Every other death penalty state has rejected this practice.
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