Cedric Ricks was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the murder of 30-year-old Roxann Sanchez and her 8-year-old ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a last-minute petition from Michael King, 54, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday ...

Florida carries out its fourth execution of 2026.

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 ...

The victim's own 911 call, unanswered in time to save her, again looms over Florida's latest scheduled execution.

Michael King is set to be executed in Florida today, March 17, for the 2008 kidnapping and murder of Denise Amber Lee. Follow ...

Eight days before Tennessee is scheduled to execute another death row inmate, the state's high court met to determine if the lethal injection officials will use to kill him will illegally torture him ...

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a surviving victim before execution.

The death warrant for Kearse was signed in January 2026 by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

An execution in the state of Alabama is raising more questions about a controversial drug used in lethal injections. Late last night, Alabama executed Ronald Bert Smith, a convicted murderer. In that ...

On the evening of February 24, the state of Florida continued its aggressive use of the death penalty, executing 65-year-old Melvin Trotter at Florida State Prison near Starke. Trotter, who had spent ...