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

Nearly four decades after 11-year-old Teresa McAbee was raped and murdered in Mascotte, former police officer James Aren Duckett is now set to die for the crime. Florida officials have scheduled his ...

California issued a stay of execution for Michael Angelo Morales in 2006, sparking a debate about the ethical implications of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The exterior of the Huntsville Unit on Oct. 17, 2024. (Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune) Charles Thompson, who once briefly ...

Florida State Prison is scheduled to execute two inmates in March, marking the third and fourth executions in the state in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE – Following a record 19 executions in Florida last year, Ronald Heath is scheduled Tuesday to be the first person put ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a robbery is set to be executed Tuesday evening in the first lethal injection this year in Florida. Ronald Palmer Heath, 64, ...