Billy Leon Kearse, 53, was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke.

A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the ...

Buses with members of the media depart for Florida State Prison in Raiford ahead of the execution of Billy Kearse at 6 p.m..

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal injection March 3.

BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. — Frank Wells was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Dec. 18, following the rejection of his appeal by the U.S. Supreme Court. This execution marks the 19th ...

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person ...

A new report filed in a class-action lawsuit shows that conditions inside a South Florida men’s prison were far more extreme than the sweltering summer temperatures outside — with the heat index ...

Melvin Trotter, on Florida's death row for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in Palmetto, was executed by lethal injection Feb. 24, at Florida State Prison ...

Eleven people associated with a major gang known to engage in extreme violence and drug trafficking into prisons were indicted.