FLORIDA — With just 33 days between the signing of his death warrant and his scheduled execution, Billy Kearse faces a compressed legal timeline that has sparked renewed concerns over due process ...

MEGAN, WALK US THROUGH HIS FINAL MOMENTS. YEAH, GUYS, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CARRIED OUT THAT EXECUTION EARLIER TODAY. AND FRIENDS AND FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS SAY THAT JUSTICE WAS SERVED.

Ronald Heath was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery with a death weapon and multiple forgery charges in connection with the 1989 slaying of a salesman in Gainesville. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “reckless maladministration” of the lethal-injection process, an attorney for condemned killer ...

TALLAHASSEE — Accusing the state of “reckless maladministration” of the lethal-injection process, an attorney for condemned killer Ronald Heath on Monday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt his ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Davidson County chancellor has ordered state prison officials to allow official witnesses to see more of the process when an inmate is put to death. Several media groups including ...

A Nashville judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to allow reporters to witness the full execution of prisoners, from the time the condemned person enters the execution chamber ...

A judge ruled Friday that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions, after a coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press ...

An autopsy of Richard Djerf, the most recent inmate executed by the state, showed the medical staff of the Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry ran into trouble in properly laying IV ...