Richard Knight, a Florida death row inmate, is scheduled to be executed May 21 after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant ...

A Florida man who has spent nearly half a century on death row was executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the murder of a 13-year-old girl. His nearly 50 years on death row made him among the ...

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy, who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 1990. Willacy's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns over Florida's lethal ...

When Florida executes James “Ernie” Hitchcock on Thursday evening, the state will be ending the life of a prisoner who has been condemned to die longer than almost anyone else. The state will also, ...

The execution Thursday of James Hitchcock was the sixth so far in Florida this year, a stunning pace that has Florida leading the nation in executions in 2026 of Death Row inmates. Florida set a new ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is reintroducing firing squads, electrocution, and other methods for federal executions. This policy change follows a day-one executive order from President Donald Trump ...

Florida accounted for nearly half of US executions in 2025, according to Amnesty International’s new annual report on the ...

Last year, Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis executed more death row inmates than any other state. Florida is on a similar pace this year.