TALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Curtis Windom, setting the stage for him to be executed Thursday evening at Florida State Prison for the 1992 murders of three people in Orange County.

The court, as is common, did not explain the decision.

Windom, 59, is slated to be the 11th Florida inmate put to death by lethal injection this year — a modern-era record for a year. Windom’s attorneys went to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Florida Supreme Court last week rejected his arguments.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 29 signed a death warrant for Windom, who was convicted of killing Johnnie Lee, Valerie Davis and Mary Lubin on Feb. 7, 1992.

Court documents said Windom claimed that Lee owed him $2,000. After finding out that Lee had won $114 at a greyhound tra

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