Florida is preparing to execute a 77-year-old Vietnam War veteran on Tuesday despite a last-minute appeal for clemency from more than 100 fellow veterans, as Gov. Ron DeSantis moves closer to matching the state's record number of executions.
William Reaves, who was convicted of murdering an Indian River County sheriff's deputy in 1986, is scheduled to receive a three-drug lethal injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke.
