Death penalty

The Florida Supreme Court rejected an argument that the state’s lethal injection procedure violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

President Donald Trump emerged as the biggest winner in the immigration settlement between the Florida governor and legislature.

The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal by Loran Cole, convicted of killing a Florida State University student 3decades ago.

Attorneys argue that Florida's lethal injection procedures would cause "needless pain and suffering" from symptoms from Parkinson’s disease.

Death Row inmate Loran Cole appealed to the Florida Supreme Court to try to prevent his scheduled Aug. 29 execution.

A man charged is subject to a 2023 law that allows death sentences to be imposed after non-unanimous jury recommendations.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush regrets not having time when he was in office to reform Florida’s death penalty process.

Groups argue that a change in Florida's death-penalty process unconstitutionally “silences Black voices.”

Death penalty changes in effect Florida judges and lawyers are grappling with what to do in the wake of the latest change to the state’s ever-evolving death penalty system. The Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis...

More than 27 years after he sexually assaulted and murdered a woman he met at an Escambia County bar, Michael Zack III was put to death by lethal injection last night at Florida State Prison....

The Florida Supreme Court refused to block the execution of Michael Zack, rejecting arguments that he should be spared the death penalty.

A new state law lowering the number of jurors required to recommend death sentences has spurred a rash of litigation.