With less than three weeks remaining before his scheduled execution, attorneys for James E. Hitchcock have filed an appeal ...

Last year, Florida executed a record-breaking 19 inmates. Two executions are set to take place before the end of the month.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barring a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court or Gov. Ron DeSantis, a man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering a North Port ...

Former police officer's death warrant expires as state awaits new DNA evidence results.

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal injection March 3.

Florida's Supreme Court denied a request to lift James Duckett's execution stay after DNA testing of key evidence came back inconclusive Friday.

Florida executed Michael King by lethal injection March 17 at Florida State Prison near Starke, for the 2008 Sarasota County kidnapping and murder of Denise Amber Lee. King was pronounced dead at 6:13 ...

With the clock ticking toward a scheduled execution on April 21, the State of Florida has officially fired back at death row ...

The Florida Supreme Court has stayed the execution of former police officer James Duckett. Duckett was sentenced to death in 1988 for the rape and murder of 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee. Duckett's ...

The state of Florida intends to seek the death penalty for the St. Pete mother accused of suffocating her four-year-old son.