A murderer who stabbed a man nearly four decades ago finally apologised today — before he was executed . Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, was declared dead around 10 minutes after his three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. When asked by the warden if Heath had any final statement, the killer said: "I’m sorry. That’s all I can say. Thank you." It was Florida's first execution of 2026, and followed the state's 19 executions last year, including that of David Joseph Pittman, who still