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Well it is certainly possible that you could be put to death in Florida without having committed a "serious" crime, this can happen in only three ways: 1) By a criminal who murders you, 2) By being killed accidentally, and 3) If you were wrongly convicted of a capital offense.

While homicides and accidents take place and lives in every part of the United States, to date there has never been a single proved example of anyone ever being put to death by any state or the federal government, in Florida or elsewhere, for a capital (serious) crime which they did not actually commit. So while the possibility cannot be ruled out, and absent a revocation of the due process protections found in the U.S. and Florida Constitutions, the likelihood of your being put to death in Florida, other than as a victim of a crime or accident, by state action, is virtually nil.

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