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After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling nearly a year ago, death penalty cases in Florida now require a unanimous jury verdict. It's not clear how that change will apply to existing convictions.
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In a highly unusual move, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga has ordered an investigation of a death penalty lawyer who has repeatedly…
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Lawyers for a Death Row inmate Larry Darnell Perry are blasting Attorney General Pam Bondi's request that the Florida Supreme Court clarify a decision…
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Florida’s death penalty law and the fate of the state’s nearly 400 death row inmates remains in flux. Last week a Miami-Dade judge ruled that Florida’s...
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Florida's new death-penalty sentencing process should apply to prosecutions that were already underway when the new law went into effect this month, a…
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The Florida Supreme Court has refused to grant a stay in an execution scheduled for next month, but ordered oral arguments to hear about the potential…
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Setting the stage for another Florida Supreme Court death-penalty debate, a Central Florida judge has rejected Death Row inmate Jerry Correll's arguments…
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The botched execution of an Oklahoma prison inmate isn’t changing Florida’s plan to continue using a three-drug cocktail for its Death Row…
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The Florida Supreme Court has delayed an execution amid questions over the drug the state is now using in lethal injections, the Tampa Bay Times reports.…
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Lawmakers in the Florida Senate passed a handful of health related bills Tuesday morning, including: A measure that would make it more difficult for…