TALLAHASSEE — Mark Allen Geralds has decided against fighting his scheduled Dec. 9 execution in the 1989 murder of a woman in Bay County — the second time in less than two months that a condemned killer has taken the unusual step of waiving final legal appeals.

Bay County Circuit Judge Timothy Register on Monday issued an order that granted Geralds’ request to waive what is typically a flurry of legal proceedings after death warrants are signed. The order came three days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Geralds .

Register said the inmate’s request came during a case-management conference and that he found Geralds competent to make the decision.

“Defendant indicated that his wish was to forego all warrant (legal) proceedings and allow the execution to proceed,” Regist

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