Prosecutors say they wanted to spare the families of four University of Idaho students killed in November 2022 by agreeing to ...

Florida is set to execute its eighth death row inmate in 2025. Methods of execution in the United States vary by state. Which ...

Bates abducted White from the State Farm insurance office where she worked, took her into some woods behind the building, ...

More than 43 years after Janet White was abducted from a Bay County office and murdered, Gov. DeSantis signed a death warrant ...

With Michael Bell's execution in Florida on Tuesday, the U.S. has now had more executions in any given year since 2015, when ...

A judge is currently considering whether to overturn the death penalty in the case of David Barber, a former corrections officer charged with the murder of 72-year-old Jessie Kirk.

With one prisoner executed this week and another set to be executed this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis will achieve the dubious ...

A Florida man will be the 26th person to be executed nationwide this year, marking the most death penalty sentences carried ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

With Florida's first execution since 2019 scheduled to take place, WPTV takes a look at some key facts to know about the death penalty in the state.

In January 2020, the Florida Supreme Court reversed its previous position and opened the door for lawmakers to revamp the death penalty statute yet again, although they have not done so yet.

On February 23, Florida completed its 100th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, executing Donald Dillbeck. DeSantis signed the warrant for Dillbeck’s execution the same day ...