Inheritance properties are breaking records: one in four change ownership due to death, and the figure is set to increase.

On the evening of Tuesday, September 1, at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, 74-year-old death row inmate Harold Gene Lucas received his final meal consisting of steak, french fries, cookies, cake, ice cream, and milk prior to his scheduled execution. The event forms part of a broader trend highlighting an increase in executions within Florida, which currently stands as the United States state that imposes the death penalty most frequently.