Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, planning lethal injections Tuesday for an ex-police officer convicted of a young girl’s murder ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida carried out the second of two executions in one day at 6 p.m. on July 28, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near ...

STARKE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida State Prison is carrying out two executions Tuesday, beginning with a man convicted of killing an 11-year-old girl nearly four decades ago. James Ducket, 68, was ...

Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the span of a month in ...

In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace. Across a two-lane highway from Florida State Prison, people prayed as an ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida on Tuesday is scheduled to execute two prisoners on the same day in a nearly unprecedented move that underscores the state’s rush to clear a backlog of long-delayed death ...

A cold-blooded Florida menace who slaughtered a teen girl was executed on Tuesday, marking the Sunshine State’s 14th execution this year. Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. after ...

Florida executed Harold Gene Lucas, 74, by lethal injection today, Sep. 1, at Florida State Prison near Starke, for the 1976 murder of his ex-girlfriend, 16-year-old Anthia "Jill" Piper. Lucas was ...

A former Florida prison warden who oversaw executions is urging current corrections workers to refuse to participate in them. The author, a veteran who voted for Republican candidates, argues that ...

Florida carried out the second of two executions in one day at 6 p.m. on July 28, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. It was the first time since 1964 that Florida executed two ...