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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the death warrant for a man convicted of killing a 34-year-old mother of two in 1995 in ...
A man convicted of murder and sentenced to death in two states is scheduled to be executed on May 15. Here's what to know.
Florida leads the nation in death row exonerations, where people on death row have later been found innocent of their crimes. And yet, the Legislature is trying to make it easier to kill.
Michael Tanzi is scheduled to die via lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison for the kidnapping and murder of Janet ...
A new bill in the Florida House of Representatives, HB 903, would allow for execution methods other than electrocution and lethal injection, as long as they are not deemed unconstitutional. The bill ...
Florida on Tuesday evening executed a 48-year-old death row inmate who kidnapped and murdered a woman in 2000, marking the ...
The bill comes as public support for the death penalty is at a five-decade low and some states have encountered difficulties obtaining lethal injection drugs. If passed, Florida would join five ...
27 states, including Florida, still have the death penalty as of March 2025. Public support for the death penalty remains at a five-decade low at 53%, with a recent Gallup polling revealing that ...
nitrogen gas or other methods under a bill that expands Florida’s death penalty tactics. Florida allows for lethal injection or electrocution to carry out the death penalty, with lethal ...
A local man could be put to death for his alleged role in the death of a Jacksonville toddler. According to court records, ...
A jury convicted 30-year-old Nicholas Canfield of first-degree murder, sexual battery upon a child less than 12 years of age ...
A bill filed in the Florida state Senate would expand the methods by which death row inmates could be executed. Senate Bill 1604, introduced by state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers, aims to ...