Gov. Ron DeSantis needs only to sign his name, which he does about once every other week, to accelerate Florida’s flawed machinery of death.

For others, there’s much work and little time to do it.

Before Florida State Prison carries out an execution, the inmate gets one last appeal to the Florida Supreme Court.

DeSantis signed a warrant last Friday to execute Norman Grim, 65, for murdering a neighbor in Santa Rosa County 27 years ago.

By prearrangement with the prison, DeSantis told the court, Grim is to die Oct. 28. His would be the 15th execution this year, at a pace of two a month, continuing to erase records dating back a century.

Very tight deadlines

In a practiced routine, the court immediately set tight deadlines for attorneys, the first on Oct. 10 to complete any pending appe

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