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Florida executes 48-year-old man for 2000 carjacking and murder
Florida on Tuesday evening executed a 48-year-old death row inmate who kidnapped and murdered a woman in 2000, marking the ...
Prison reform should be at the top of DeSantis’ DOGE agenda | Opinion
A senior policy analyst at the Florida Policy Institute writes that a serious look at waste, fraud and abuse in Florida state ...
Driver Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Killing Officer Who Was 1 Day Away from Retiring in High-Speed Chase
Travis Garrett was sentenced to 45 years in Florida State Prison for his role in the death of HCSO Sgt. Brian LaVigne, who ...
Florida man who murdered his girlfriend and her 3 children in 1998 to be executed May 1
Jeffrey Hutchinson received three death sentences and one life sentence after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend and ...
Firing squads in Florida? Corrections bill opens door to execution alternatives
If a corrections bill in the Florida Legislature passes, the state could see death row prisoners executed by firing squad or ...
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Florida man, Gulf War vet convicted of killing girlfriend, 3 children set for execution
Ron DeSantis. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 59, is set to die by lethal injection May 1 at Florida State Prison near the city of ...
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Inmate advocates work to air-condition some Florida prisons this legislative session
Extreme heat at a Miami-area prison without air conditioning has subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, ...
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BREAKING: Florida executes man despite his lawyers claiming he's too obese for lethal injection to work
Michael Tanzi, 48, is the third inmate on Florida's death row to be put to death this year, with another execution scheduled ...
Too fat to kill? Florida high court weighs execution of ‘morbidly obese’ killer
Tanzi’s lawyers argue the state’s lethal-injection procedure would violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual ...