Attorneys For Condemned Florida Killer Frank Walls File Emergency Motion To Issue A Stay Of Scheduled Execution

CBS Miami

December 11, 2025 / 8:21 AM EST

Raising issues about chronic health problems and Florida's lethal-injection process, attorneys for condemned killer Frank Walls on Wednesday filed an emergency motion asking a federal appeals court to issue a stay of his scheduled Dec. 18 execution.

The motion, filed at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, came a day after U.S. District Judge Mark Walker refused to halt the execution of Walls, who was convicted in the 1987 murders of two people in Okaloosa County. Walls also has asked the Florida Supreme Court to stop the execution on different grounds.

The appeals court motion is rooted in arguments that putting Walls to death by lethal injection would violate the U.S. Constitution's Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

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