佛州死囚里夫斯今晚面临处决：联邦最高法院驳回暂缓请求 1986年枪杀副警长案历时40年
佛罗里达州定于美东时间 10 月 20 日晚 6 时，在 Bradford 县 Raiford 附近的佛罗里达州立监狱（Florida State Prison），以注射方式处决 77 岁的死囚 William Reaves Jr.。联邦最高法院 20 日下午驳回其暂缓执行与调卷复审请求；若处决如期进行，他将成为佛罗里达州 2026 年处决的第 18 名死囚。
案件发生于 1986 年 9 月 23 日凌晨。Indian River 县警长办公室 29 岁的副警长 Richard Raczkoski 在 Vero Beach 一家便利店外处理一通 911 报警——报警电话由 Reaves 本人用店外付费电话拨打。两人接触时，一把 .38 口径手枪从 Reaves 的短裤中滑落，双方发生争夺，Reaves 夺回手枪后，向转身走开的 Raczkoski 背后连开四枪，Raczkoski 于当晨伤重不治。Raczkoski 是 Indian River 县首位因公殉职的副警长。
州长 Ron DeSantis 于 9 月 18 日签署 Reaves 的执行令，为其今年签署的第 18 份执行令。巡回法院 10 月 2 日驳回 Reaves 翻案请求；佛罗里达州最高法院 10 月 14 日维持原判并拒绝暂缓执行；联邦地区法官 10 月 19 日拒绝其加入注射药物效期相关诉讼并暂缓执行的请求；其家人 10 月 8 日曾向州长请求宽赦。Reaves 为越战老兵，其律师称他患有创伤后应激障碍、开枪时出现战场闪回；据其前律师所述，Reaves 本人承认有罪并认为自己应当坐牢，但律师主张该案并非预谋杀人、不应适用死刑。Indian River 县警长 Eric Flowers 长期推动签署这份执行令。
佛罗里达州 2025 年共处决 19 人，为该州历年纪录。原排在 Reaves 之前、定于 10 月 13 日处决的 William Lee Thompson，其执行令已被州长撤回，Reaves 因此成为今年第 18 例；该州下一次排期处决为 11 月 5 日的 Jesse Guardado 案。据当地媒体 TCPalm 报道，Raczkoski 的兄弟 Marc 计划到场见证今晚的处决，多个反对死刑的团体也计划在监狱外举行抗议。（GSM 据 TCPalm 及佛罗里达州最高法院文件报道）
关联：佛罗里达州处决杀害同监室囚犯的死囚罗伯逊 州长此前首次撤回另一名死囚的执行令
Florida Set to Execute William Reaves Jr. Tonight After Supreme Court Denies Stay in 1986 Deputy Killing
Florida is scheduled to execute William Reaves Jr., 77, by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Eastern on October 20 at Florida State Prison near Raiford, in Bradford County. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his requests for a stay and for certiorari on Tuesday afternoon; if the execution proceeds, Reaves will be the 18th person put to death in Florida in 2026.
The crime dates to the early morning of September 23, 1986. Indian River County sheriff's deputy Richard Raczkoski, 29, responded outside a Vero Beach convenience store to a 911 call that Reaves himself had placed from a pay phone. During the encounter, a .38 caliber gun fell from Reaves' shorts; after a struggle, Reaves regained the weapon and shot Raczkoski four times in the back as the deputy turned and moved away. Raczkoski died later that morning and was the first Indian River County sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed Reaves' death warrant on September 18, his 18th warrant this year. A circuit judge denied Reaves' appeal on October 2; the Florida Supreme Court upheld that ruling and denied a stay on October 14; a federal district judge on October 19 refused to let him join litigation over lethal-injection drugs or to stay the execution; and his family had appealed to the governor for clemency on October 8. Reaves is a Vietnam veteran whose attorneys say he has PTSD and flashed back to a firefight when he fired; according to a former attorney, Reaves admits guilt and believes he should be in prison, but his lawyers argue the killing was not premeditated and did not warrant a death sentence. Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers had publicly pressed for the warrant to be signed.
Florida executed 19 people in 2025, a state record. With Governor DeSantis having withdrawn the warrant for William Lee Thompson, who had been scheduled for October 13, Reaves becomes the state's 18th execution of 2026; the next scheduled execution is Jesse Guardado on November 5. According to TCPalm, Raczkoski's brother Marc planned to attend tonight's execution as a witness, and anti-death-penalty groups planned protests outside the prison. (GSM, based on TCPalm reporting and Florida Supreme Court records)
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