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WUSF reported Jesse Guardado was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. The Daily Mail printed 6.13pm local time at a prison in Starke.
WUSF, by Jim Turner of the News Service of Florida, says the Department of Corrections pronounced him dead at 6:13 p.m. Thursday after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, the 19th Florida execution of 2026. The caption says near Starke. The Daily Mail, by Isabella Machin, says a state prison in Starke and says he had pleaded guilty. The Associated Press account WUSF quotes says the curtain went up at 6 p.m.
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6:13 p.m. with no zone, on WUSF, and 6.13pm local time, on the Daily Mail, are not the same clock line. A curtain at 6 p.m. is not the pronouncement. Near Starke, in the WUSF caption, and in Starke, on the Daily Mail, are not the same place line. The death sentence was the judgment. Thursday is the day Florida carried it out.
WUSF, by Jim Turner of the News Service of Florida, prints a line that says Published November 6, 2026 at 12:15 AM EST. The same page's structured time is 2026-11-06T00:15:54Z. 12:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 6 is 5:15 a.m. UTC. 00:15:54Z on November 6 is 7:15 p.m. Eastern on November 5. Those two stamps are both on that page. They are not the same clock. The story reported Jesse Guardado, 64, was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Thursday and was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m., according to the Department of Corrections. The photograph caption on that page says he was executed at the Florida State Prison near Starke. Florida State Prison, in the body, and near Starke, in the caption, are not the same place line. It reported he was the 19th inmate put to death by the state this year, equal to the number in 2025, which it called the most in a single year for Florida since "the 1976, when U.S. Supreme Court reinstituted the death penalty." The words the 1976 are on that page. It reported the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay Thursday afternoon, and that the Florida Supreme Court declined a stay last Thursday. Thursday afternoon, and last Thursday, are not the same day. It reported that, according to the Associated Press, he was already strapped to a gurney with an IV in his arm when the curtain went up promptly at 6 p.m., and that he replied, "I would like to once again apologize for the pain and suffering I've caused to the victim's family and my own family as well." It reported the drugs began flowing immediately afterward, that he began breathing heavily, followed by some sputtering and twitching, and that a warden shook him and shouted his name, got no response, and a medic pronounced him dead. 6 p.m. at the curtain, and 6:13 p.m. at the pronouncement, are not the same clock. It reported Patrick Malone, the victim's son, told reporters, "Do such people ever think about what happened to the victim or consider the unending aftermath the victim's family endures and relives every time that terrible event comes up?" It reported Gov. Ron DeSantis, who exits the office in January, has already signed two additional warrants that would bring the number of executions under his watch to 49. It named Thomas Mitchell Overton, to be executed Nov. 19, and said Overton turned 71 on Thursday. It named Ricardo Gonzalez, 56, to be executed Dec. 1, in the killing of North Miami Beach police officer Steven Bauer. Already signed, and a date still ahead, are not the same step.
The Daily Mail, by Isabella Machin, carries datePublished 2026-11-06T09:04:20+0000 and dateModified 2026-11-06T20:04:09+0000. It reported three death-row inmates were executed yesterday across three US states. It reported Jesse Guardado, 64, was pronounced dead at 6.13pm local time on Thursday following a lethal injection at a state prison in Starke, Florida. 6.13pm local time, and 6:13 p.m. with no zone and no word local, are not the same clock line. A state prison in Starke, and the Florida State Prison near Starke, are not the same place line. It reported he had pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing 75-year-old Jackie Malone inside her Walton County home in 2004 before stealing her jewellery box, $80 (£60) and other valuables to buy drugs, and that the victim had helped him get a job and housing. Pleaded guilty is the Daily Mail's sentence. The WUSF paragraphs below, drawn from court records, do not print a plea. A jewellery box, $80 (£60), and other valuables, and a jewelry box, briefcase, purse, and cellphone, are not the same list. A job and housing, and the assistance in the WUSF account, are not the same help. It reported the curtain went up promptly at 6pm local time, that he replied he would like to once again apologise, and that about a minute later he began breathing heavily, followed by some sputtering and twitching. Apologise, on the Daily Mail, and apologize, in the Associated Press quotation WUSF printed, are not the same spelling. About a minute later is the Daily Mail's. It is not in the WUSF paragraph. 6pm local time, and promptly at 6 p.m. with no zone, are not the same clock line. It reported the victim's son, Patrick Malone, spoke briefly to media afterward and, without directly discussing his mother or her murder, asked the same question WUSF printed. Spoke briefly to media, and told reporters, are not the same attribution. It reported the state is planning two more executions later this year. Planning, on the Daily Mail, and warrants already signed, on WUSF, are not the same step. The Daily Mail does not print the names Overton or Gonzalez. It reported this was the second time since August that three states had conducted executions on a single day, and that the last time it happened was 2010. The second time since August, and the last time was 2010, are both on that page. They are not the same calendar. It reported that hours earlier Indiana executed 50-year-old Jeffrey Weisheit by lethal injection in a state prison in Michigan City, and that he was pronounced dead at 12.45am local time, according to Noelle Russell, a Department of Correction spokesman, and that he had no final words. The Daily Mail's account of that Indiana case names two children. This story does not. It reported that in Alabama, 54-year-old Michael Taylor received the last lethal injection of the day, that he was pronounced dead at 6.10pm local time, and that the execution got underway shortly before 6pm when he replied "no sir." Shortly before 6pm, and 6.10pm, are not the same clock. 6.10pm local time in Alabama, and 6.13pm local time in Florida, are both called local on that page. The page does not print Eastern or Central.
WUSF reported that, according to court records, Guardado killed 75-year-old Jackie Malone on Sept. 13, 2004. The subhead says she helped him after his release from jail. The body says he was on conditional release from prison that began Jan. 1, 2003, after a 20-year sentence in Orange County for robbery and 15 to 20 years for robbery with a weapon in Seminole County, and that the supervision was to run through Feb. 6, 2014. Jail, in the subhead, and prison, in that sentence, are not the same word. It reported he went to her Walton County home with a metal breaker bar and a kitchen knife after an attempt to rob a local grocery store fell through, that he had rented from her, stayed as a guest in her home, and received her assistance on multiple occasions. Rented from her, a guest, and assistance, and a job and housing, on the Daily Mail, are not the same help. It reported that at the house he said he needed to use the phone, that when she turned her back he repeatedly struck her in the head, that she raised her hands before falling, that he then stabbed her several times and slashed her throat, and that he stole a jewelry box, briefcase, purse, and cellphone. The 2004 killing and the death sentence were the judgment. Thursday's injection is the day the Department of Corrections said that sentence was carried out. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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