When Florida executes James “Ernie” Hitchcock on Thursday evening, the state will be ending the life of a prisoner who has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four Florida inmates, three of which spent over 30 years on death row, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, have ...

James Franklin Rose has been waiting a lifetime to be put to death. In 1976, Rose kidnapped and killed an 8-year-old ...

There are approximately 2,900 prisoners currently experiencing life on death row. The death penalty is a legal option in 31 states, and it's also utilized in some cases by the U.S. military and ...

With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.

Florida’s death row inmates spend 23 hours a day in their 6-by-9 foot cells, passing time by watching TV on prison-issued devices, reading books or magazines, studying their case files or writing ...

The number of people on Florida's death row is dropping quickly as Gov. Ron DeSantis keeps up the rapid pace of executions he started in 2025. Behind the scenes: Inside 'Handsome Devil: Charming ...

Tia Green was 5 years old when she was shot in the head and left for dead in an attack by her grandmother’s boyfriend in their Dayton home that killed five of her family members, including her mother, ...

The last execution in Washington state took place in 2010.

David Crabtree has covered some significant and wide-reaching stories during his 40 years as a journalist. In his final month at WRAL News, he's revisiting some of the issues that have impacted him ...

Four Florida inmates, three of which spent over 30 years on death row, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, have been executed this year alone. Just three weeks ago, Billy Leon Kearse, ...