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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs death warrant in brutal 1982 Bay County murder
More than 43 years after Janet White was abducted from a Bay County office and murdered, Gov. DeSantis signed a death warrant ...
Execution date set for man who abducted woman from a Florida insurance office and killed her
A man who abducted a woman from a Florida insurance office and killed her is scheduled for execution in Florida under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Kayle Bates is set to die ...
Executions on rise in U.S. as Florida to conduct its eighth for 2025
The United States is likely to reach a 10-year high for capital punishment before August arrives with Florida set to execute ...
Florida execution marks 26th in U.S. this year, surpassing total for all of 2024
A man who fatally shot another man and a woman outside a Florida bar as part of an attempted revenge killing was executed ...
Tarpon Springs man convicted of quadruple-homicide could face death penalty
The 32-year-old pleaded guilty in December 2023 on multiple charges that he killed his ex-wife, three of her family members ...
Religious leaders call on DeSantis to pause executions as he closes in on Florida record
While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...