{"id":10979,"date":"2025-08-03T01:46:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=10979"},"modified":"2025-08-03T02:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T00:09:51","slug":"usa-weltweit-auf-platz-5-florida-ist-epizentrum-einer-us-renaissance-der-exekutionen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/usa-weltweit-auf-platz-5-florida-ist-epizentrum-einer-us-renaissance-der-exekutionen\/","title":{"rendered":"USA ranks fifth worldwide \u2013 Florida is the epicenter of a US renaissance of executions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a scene that had become increasingly rare in the US for decades \u2013 and which now suddenly takes on symbolic power again: In the glaring light of a prison chamber, watched by guards and on the back of American society, a man dies in Florida from a lethal drug mixture. It is Edward Zakrzewski, 60 years old, whose last words are a sarcastic thank you to the state that kills him \u201ccold, calculated, clean and efficient.\u201d What sounds like a grim footnote in truth marks a historic turning point: In no other year since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 has a governor of Florida executed so many people as Ron DeSantis in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin51.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin51.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin51.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin51.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin51.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eglin Air Force Base airman Edward Zakrzewski, 60, convicted of killing his wife and two children with a machete in 1994<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin49.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin49.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin49.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin49.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin49.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin47.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin47.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin47.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin47.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin47.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers speak for themselves: nine executions in just seven months, 27 nationwide \u2013 and the trend is rising. Florida has taken the lead in a macabre race that is catapulting the country back to a level many thought had been overcome. But this new wave of executions is no coincidence and also not a reflexive response to crime rates or social pressure. It is the result of political calculations, strategic communication \u2013 and a profound shift in the way state violence is handled. Ron DeSantis does not portray himself as an uncompromising enforcer by accident. In a political climate where \u201claw and order\u201d has become a core feature of Republican power, the governor uses the death penalty to demonstrate toughness \u2013 and to sharpen his own agenda against the influence of Washington. Since President Trump has called on prosecutors to seek the death penalty more often, conservative states like Florida have delivered the required numbers. DeSantis presents himself as a man of action: \u201cThere are crimes for which only the death penalty remains.\u201d The message is clear \u2013 to his own electorate, but also to political rivals and the president.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin45.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin45.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin45.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin45.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin45.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ron DeSantis <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin43.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin43.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin43.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin43.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin43.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But how is it decided in Florida who dies and when? The criteria are nontransparent, the process incomprehensible to outsiders. Criticism of arbitrariness has been known for years, but it seems to hardly slow down the pace of executions. The number of death row inmates remains high, proceedings are being sped up, even for inmates who have been waiting for execution for decades. It seems as if the state finally wants to create facts \u2013 regardless of the public debate. The reason the death penalty never really disappeared in the US has much to do with its symbolic value. Anyone familiar with the history of American justice knows: Executions are a tool of power, a ritual of social cleansing \u2013 and often a means of political positioning. States like Florida, Texas and Oklahoma top the statistics not because more crimes occur there, but because political majorities and strong governors want it that way. It is a kind of \u201cexecution federalism\u201d: the decision over life and death is not a legal one, but a political one.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"829\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_GxOBIaLW0AIriBD.webp?resize=640%2C829&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_GxOBIaLW0AIriBD.webp?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_GxOBIaLW0AIriBD.webp?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_GxOBIaLW0AIriBD.webp?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_GxOBIaLW0AIriBD.webp?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_GxOBIaLW0AIriBD.webp?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dynamic also explains why the current wave of executions is not due to increased public support. On the contrary: Polls have shown for years that the majority of Americans are skeptical of the death penalty, many states have suspended or abolished it. Yet in election campaigns, during media escalation, it remains a sharp weapon. Those who carry out the death penalty demonstrate capacity for action \u2013 and steal the show politically from no one.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin50.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin50.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin50.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin50.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin50.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is often overlooked: The staging of the execution is as much a part of the political strategy as the decision itself. Every press photo, every report of an execution signals: \u201cOrder is being restored here, there is control here, toughness rules here.\u201d For many relatives of victims, this is a relief \u2013 and yet the question remains as to what is really gained. Critical voices, including human rights organizations, churches, and anti-death penalty initiatives, continue to protest. They speak of \u201cstate arbitrariness,\u201d call for transparency, and criticize the lack of control over the last means of state power. Thousands of petitions are submitted, vigils held, pleas for clemency delivered directly to the governor\u2019s office \u2013 mostly unsuccessfully. The political symbolism is stronger than compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin44.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin44.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin44.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin44.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin44.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Europe has long since said goodbye to the death penalty and even in the South of the US the number of executions has decreased sharply in recent decades, states like Florida steadfastly stick to the old system. The result: The USA ranks year after year in the sad statistics alongside countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Egypt. China is estimated to be in the lead, but there are no precise figures \u2013 the USA, on the other hand, documents every execution publicly. The international reputation suffers, but domestically that seems to hardly matter. On the contrary: Executions are politically exploited to demonstrate toughness against criminals \u2013 a \u201cculture war\u201d against supposed weakness.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin46.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin46.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin46.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin46.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/batch_The-Kaizen-Blog-Online-Magazin46.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What disappears in the statistics are the human tragedies behind each sentence, the doubts, the mistakes, the imponderables of the American penal system. The death penalty is often not the result of swift and certain justice, but of protracted proceedings, sometimes grave miscarriages of justice, and psychological attrition for perpetrators and victims\u2019 families alike. The fact that in Florida two men have been waiting for their execution for over forty years illustrates the Kafkaesque side of the system. Execution becomes the endpoint of an odyssey of hope, rage, fear, and resignation. While opponents of the death penalty pray, protest and hope that reason will triumph over revenge, the governor has the last word. Ron DeSantis has signed off on two more executions. For activists like Suzanne Printy it is clear: \u201cHe is the one person who could stop this.\u201d But the political stage demands toughness \u2013 and toughness is what it gets. The death penalty in Florida in 2025 is more than a legal instrument. It is a statement, a signal, a weapon in the political struggle for power. To understand it, one must read more than statistics. One must ask who benefits \u2013 and who lives in its shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Investigative journalism requires courage, conviction \u2013 and your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-purple-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/unterstuetzen-sie-unser-arbeit\/\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">Support Kaizen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"dark-america,topstory,trump-s-world\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1754185619\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"USA weltweit auf Platz 5 \u2013 Florida ist Epizentrum einer US-Renaissance der Exekutionen\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Es ist eine Szene, wie sie sich in den USA jahrzehntelang immer seltener abspielte \u2013 und die nun pl\u00f6tzlich wieder Symbolkraft entfaltet: Im grellen Licht einer Gef\u00e4ngniskammer, \u00fcberwacht von Beamten und auf dem R\u00fccken der amerikanischen Gesellschaft, stirbt in Florida ein Mann an einer t\u00f6dlichen Medikamentenmischung. 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