Richard Randolph Executed For Killing His Former Manager During Store Burglary | Final Words & Meal

🔴 Richard Barry Randolph Execution + The Murder of Minnie Ruth McCollum | Florida Death Row, Final 24 Hours & 37-Year Legal Battle

In August 1988, the quiet city of Palatka, Florida, was shaken when forty-three-year-old convenience store manager Minnie Ruth McCollum was found critically injured inside the Handy-Way where she worked. What began as a planned early-morning burglary turned into a violent confrontation when her former employee, Richard Barry Randolph, was discovered attempting to access the store’s safe. She was rushed to the hospital but died six days later from severe head injuries, sparking one of Florida’s most enduring capital murder cases.
Convicted in 1989 of first-degree murder, sexual battery, armed robbery, and grand theft, Randolph was sentenced to death. His case became a landmark in Florida’s death penalty system, involving forensic reconstruction, autopsy findings, eyewitness testimony, and a disputed 8–4 jury death recommendation that would later become central to statewide debates after Hurst v. Florida.
For nearly thirty-seven years, Randolph lived on Florida’s death row, where he converted to Islam, adopted the name Malik Abdul-Sajjad, and developed a spotless institutional record. His appeals focused on mental-health mitigation, lethal injection protocol challenges, and new adoption records revealing that his birth mother had spent five decades searching for him. Yet every petition was denied.

On November 20, 2025, Florida carried out his execution by lethal injection. Witness accounts, the precise timeline of the execution, and the state’s record-setting number of executions that year turned Randolph’s case into a defining moment in Florida’s capital punishment history.

In this gripping breakdown, we explore:
🚨 Richard Barry Randolph’s abusive childhood and psychological background
🚨 The murder of Minnie Ruth McCollum and the forensic evidence that shaped the case
🚨 His arrest in Jacksonville while cashing stolen lottery tickets
🚨 The 1989 capital murder trial and the 8–4 death recommendation
🚨 Decades of post-conviction relief filings, constitutional appeals, and lethal injection litigation
🚨 His transformation on death row and the discovery of his birth mother’s fifty-year search
🚨 The final 24 hours, execution chamber protocol, and the official time of death
🚨 The controversy surrounding Florida’s execution record and the ongoing debate over mental illness and the death penalty

👉 This video dives deep into court transcripts, medical examiner reports, correctional records, and contemporary legal analysis to give you the most complete look at this extraordinary case.
📺 If you're drawn to true crime documentaries, death row stories, and deep-dive capital punishment investigations, this is a must-watch.

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