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James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. James Hitchcock appears in Florida prison mug shots ...

Time is running out in the fight to stop the execution of a convicted killer. James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 for a 2008 double murder outside a music studio in ...

A Florida man is scheduled for execution next month after his conviction in the killing of his cousin's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

President Trump on Wednesday said Iran will not executive eight Iranian women accused being involved in protests against the regime, as previously planned. “Very good news! I have just been informed ...

Florida plans to execute Chadwick Willacy, who was convicted of murdering his neighbor in 1990. Willacy's attorneys have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing concerns over Florida's lethal ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Tennessee plans to put Tony Carruthers to ...

Matthew Lombardo’s “When Playwrights Kill” begins at the Huntington Theatre with a young guy telling an anecdote about Neil Simon and Mary Tyler Moore. You might expect that a Neil Simon play is ...

The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the state Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

James Duckett and Teresa McAbee (Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Plans to execute a former Mascotte police officer ...

James Duckett has been temporarily spared ahead of his Tuesday execution. The state’s highest court could lift the order based on DNA results. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at ...