An Orange County judge on Friday shut down William "Tommy" Zeigler’s latest attempt at a new trial in the notorious quadruple ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued the fifth death warrant of the year for James Duckett, sentenced to death for the 1987 rape and ...

A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the ...

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.

Seventeen women have received the death penalty in Florida, according to state records, media reports and court records. Of those, two have been executed, 12 were resentenced or commuted, one died in ...

Florida nearly doubled the national average of executions in 2025, with a record-breaking 19 death warrants carried out, according to an annual report released by the Death Penalty Information Center.

Billy Leon Kearse, convicted of murdering a Fort Pierce police officer, is scheduled to be the first of three Florida men ...

Melvin Trotter was executed Feb. 24 for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in Palmetto, Florida.

Billy Leon Kearse, whose execution is set for March 3 at 6:00 PM, filed an emergency motion Wednesday asking the Florida Supreme Court to allow him access to unredacted records from two very recent ...

Final meal revealed for death row inmate who killed Florida grocery store owner - His attorneys argued his advanced age of 65 ...

Melvin Trotter, convicted of a 1986 murder, faces execution in Florida today after the Supreme Court denied his appeals.

James Duckett, a former Central Florida police officer, is set for execution for the 1987 murder of 11-year-old Teresa Mae ...