DeSantis withdraws death warrant for 74-year-old man who was set to be executed Tuesday

Gov. Ron DeSantis has withdrawn the death warrant for William Lee Thompson, who was scheduled to be one of two inmates executed on Tuesday, as reported by our partners at News Service of Florida.DeSantis didn’t state a reason for the change in his Thursday afternoon letter to Florida State Prison Warden Randall Polk, but it comes as Thompson’s counsel and opponents of the death penalty have reported the 74-year-old inmate has several health issues, including dementia and heart failure.Thompson was scheduled to be executed hours after James Robertson, 63, who is to die for the 2008 murder of his cellmate, Frank Hart, at the Charlotte Correctional Institution.Grace Hanna, executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, noted that after DeSantis signed Thompson’s death warrant on Sept. 11, counsel notified the governor of his physical and mental conditions.“He did not know where he was, stated that ‘Bush’ was the president, and, at times, did not even recognize tha