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

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Florida, which has made the death penalty a priority, must be more transparent about how it's ...

A crack addict named Melvin Trotter fatally stabbed 70-year-old Virgie Langford in the corner grocery store she ran for 50 years.

With 19 executions last year, Florida more than doubled its own record, and put more people to death than Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina combined. This execution spree came even as Florida’s ...

The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday that paves the way for the execution of Melvin Trotter, a 65-year-old death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection on February 24, 2026.

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

Attorneys for Melvin Trotter had long argued he was intellectually disabled, but he was put to death by lethal injection for ...

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set to be executed on Tuesday evening, ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor expressed concerns about Florida’s lethal injection procedure on Tuesday, urging more transparency as ...

Convicted killer Wade Wilson is one of eight death row inmates connected to Southwest Florida crimes. Seven of the inmates are from Lee County, while one is from Collier County. Some inmates, like ...