Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant for Michael King, convicted in the 2008 murder of Denise Amber Lee.

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued the fifth death warrant of the year for James Duckett, sentenced to death for the 1987 rape and ...

A Florida man who burned his neighbor alive in a violent robbery decades ago is scheduled to be executed next month.

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal injection March 3.

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in Florida.

Billy Leon Kearse, convicted of murdering a Fort Pierce police officer, is scheduled to be the first of three Florida men ...

James Duckett, a former Central Florida police officer, is set for execution for the 1987 murder of 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee.

A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the ...

A court granted James Duckett’s request to test for DNA evidence after Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered his execution.

Florida has carried out 19 executions in 2025, surpassing Texas, Alabama and South Carolina combined, and more than doubling the state's previous record.

Billy Leon Kearse shot police officer Danny Parrish more than a dozen times with the officer’s gun.

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner was put to death Tuesday in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year after a record 19 executions in 2025.