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Heads nod and papers shuffle at a small meeting for Florida Abolitionist inside an unassuming office building in Winter Park. Staff member sit in a circle…
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Executions are set to resume in August after Governor Rick Scott issued his first death warrant in more than a year and a half.
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The dispute between Governor Rick Scott and Orange-Osceola state attorney Aramis Ayala over the death penalty advances to state Supreme Court Wednesday...
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Gov. Rick Scott and an Orange County prosecutor who refuses to seek the death penalty will square off against each other before the state's high court....
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The U.S. Supreme court’s silence on Florida’s appeal settles it: capital cases in the state require unanimous jury sentences. But many are dubious about...
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The US Supreme Court is refusing to take up a further challenge in Florida’s precedent setting capital case Hurst v. Florida.
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The Supreme Court has left in place a lower court ruling that said imposing a death sentence in Florida requires a unanimous jury. The justices on...
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has picked the dates for a special election to replace Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles.
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Florida legislators plan to take more than $1 million and 21 jobs away from a state prosecutor who announced she won't seek the death penalty any more.
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Intensifying an already emotionally and racially charged debate, the Republican-dominated state House intends to file a friend-of-the-court brief...