Ron McAndrew Regrets Executions After Eight Years Later

Ron McAndrew, the former warden at Florida State Prison who executed eight men until his retirement in 1998, now regrets participating in capital punishment nearly three decades later. At age 88, he recalls the emotional weight of arranging final meals and listening to inmates' last words, noting that their silent stares haunted him with questions about killing people claiming to be good. McAndrew admitted botching an execution by lethal injection at Texas facilities years ago, which set fire to a prisoner's head, deepening his remorse despite Florida executing more prisoners than any other state since early 2025.