DeSantis signs execution warrant for Ricardo González in Florida

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a warrant to execute Ricardo González, who was convicted in the death of a police officer during a 1992 bank robbery. The order sets the execution for December 1 at Florida State Prison. González is 56 years old. The case combines a recent decision by the governor with a sentence connected to a crime committed decades earlier.

The execution is scheduled to be carried out by lethal injection at the state prison. December 1 is the date established for the sentence, and González is the prisoner named in the warrant. The document signed by DeSantis therefore orders the execution in Florida. Information about the case identifies González as responsible for the death of a police officer during a bank robbery in South Florida.

The killing occurred during a 1992 robbery at Kislak National Bank in North Miami Beach. According to the background described in the sentencing order, four men participated in the robbery and took a cash box located beside a drive-through customer window. A North Miami Beach police officer identified in the judicial document as Bauer was killed during the robbery.

The sentencing order was signed on September 19, 1998, by Circuit Court Judge Robert Scola Jr. The document records information about González's role in the case and the money he received after the crime. According to the order, he received $1,500 as part of the proceeds from the robbery and murder. The judicial ruling is a precedent for the sentence now scheduled to be carried out.

The case timeline extends from the 1992 bank robbery to the 1998 sentence and the execution warrant signed by DeSantis. The order establishes application of the death penalty in December as the next step. The expected date, method and location are all tied to the warrant: December 1, by lethal injection, at Florida State Prison.