Oct. 14 (UPI) --Missouri on Tuesday executed its first death-row inmate of this year, killing Lance Shockley for the 2005 murder of a state highway patrol officer. Shockley, 48, died by lethal ...
Florida on Thursday plans to execute James E. Hitchcock, who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of his 13-year-old step-niece, Cynthia Driggers, in Orlando in the summer of 1976. Barring a ...
Florida has executed 19 people in 2025, a new state record set under Gov. Ron DeSantis. The number of executions in Florida this year is nearly four times higher than any other state. DeSantis has ...