Death row timelines vary by jurisdiction, but the average time for Florida inmates is around 22.6 years, according to 2023 Bureau of Justice Statistics data. Florida’s average is in line with other ...

In theory, the death penalty is reserved for “the worst of the worst.” In practice, it is very different. People who are ...

After President Trump urged states to recommit themselves to capital punishment, Florida started to put prisoners to death at rates not seen in the state’s modern history.

Florida's first execution of 2026 was carried out on Ronald Palmer Heath, who was convicted of a 1989 murder. Heath was pronounced dead by lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his ...

STARKE, Fla. — Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, committed in 1989. The execution follows a record-breaking ...

Ronald Heath is scheduled to be the first person executed in Florida in 2026 for a 1989 murder. The U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court both denied attempts to stay his execution. Heath was ...

Alabama has scheduled a March execution date for a man sentenced to death for a fatal shooting during a 1991 robbery even though he didn't pull the trigger. Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday set a March 12 ...

A suspect described as a "monster" was arrested following a manhunt for the killer of an Illinois bar owner who authorities say was murdered in an "execution-style" shooting Monday. Julius E. Burkes ...

COLUMBUS (WJW) – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has postponed the executions of three more inmates on death row, including the man convicted of killing a 12-year-old boy in Warren more than 40 years ago.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a death warrant for Billy L. Kearse, convicted of murdering a police officer in 1991. Kearse is the third person scheduled for execution in Florida this year, following a ...

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 ...

A judge this week sentenced two men each to life plus 24 years in prison for the 2020 execution-style killing of 33-year-old Antonio Jaramillo, who was found bound and shot in the head in his ...