A man convicted of killing two women he met at beach bars in the Florida Panhandle in 1996 is set to be executed under a death warrant signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Michael Duane Zack III's lethal injection is scheduled for Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. It's the sixth execution scheduled in Florida this year after a break dating back to 2019. The scheduled execution of Zack, 54, would be the eighth under DeSantis. Though Florida has been executing death row inmates at a far slower pace than under its previous governors, DeSantis has made tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws an issue in his presidential campaign. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/regional/florida/florida-michael-zack-execution-1996-panhandle-bar-murders/67-0f56836a-d76f-4581-8ebd-58c630700b6a ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay