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.

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, is scheduled to die by ...

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

Florida carried out its second execution on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. A group of 50 people held a vigil outside the Florida State ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in ...

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 ...

James Aren Duckett, a former police officer convicted of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in 1987, will be executed by lethal injection later this month after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his ...

Nearly four decades after 11-year-old Teresa McAbee was raped and murdered in Mascotte, former police officer James Aren ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.(AP) — A man convicted of killing a grocery store owner during a robbery is set to become Florida's second execution of 2026 under a death warrant signed Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis, ...

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — As the year comes to a close, Florida saw a record number of executions, drawing support and opposition. The state led the nation in executions with 19 people put to death, some ...