DeSantis cancels execution of man convicted in 1976 Miami-Dade murder
Hours before DeSantis' action, the Florida Supreme Court denied William Lee Thompson's motion for a stay.
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Hours before DeSantis' action, the Florida Supreme Court denied William Lee Thompson's motion for a stay.
The defendant's mother and older brother described a happy childhood and a 1996 car crash, and the defense argues the injury shaped his later behavior.
Attorneys for Christa Pike, the Tennessee inmate who survived two doses of a lethal injection during her botched execution last week, shared an update on her health condition.
Relatives of Gladys Machado and her two young daughters delivered victim impact statements Tuesday, and the defense is scheduled to begin its case Wednesday.
Detective Juan Chaidez testified that Alberto Sierra confessed days after the 2012 killings of his estranged wife and her two young daughters, after being confronted with DNA evidence.
Jesse Guardado, 64, is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 5 and would be the 20th person put to death in Florida this year, topping the 19 carried out in 2025.
Christa Pike remains alive but unconscious and intubated after her failed execution on Wednesday, her lawyers said.
Dr. Emma Lew, a former Miami-Dade medical examiner who performed all three autopsies, gave graphic testimony Friday as the first week of the trial ended.
The warrant signed by DeSantis is for James "Chicken Head" Robertson, 63, who is set to be the first of two executions to occur by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Stark on Oct. 13.
Detective Juan Chaidez, the day's only witness, described his first interview with Albert Sierra, who is on trial for the deaths of his estranged wife and her two daughters.
Tennessee canceled its remaining scheduled execution this year after Christa Pike, the only woman on its death row, survived two doses of a botched lethal injection. A witness said she was "clearly very alive."
Jurors weighing the death penalty for Alberto Sierra heard first responders describe finding his wife and two stepdaughters dead inside a closet in 2012.
The death penalty phase begins for Alberto Sierra, who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and her two young daughters in 2012.
William Reaves is set to be executed on Oct. 20 for shooting Deputy Richard Raczkowski 4 times in the back.
William Lee Thompson, 74, has now received 3 death warrants from Florida governors for the murder of Sally Ivester.
A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the "Hog Trail Murders" in the 1990s became the state's 15th person executed this year.
Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to death for the April 1996 killing of Richard Montgomery.
A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was executed Tuesday afternoon.
Curtis Beasley is set for execution on Sept. 29 and is the 16th death row inmate to receive a warrant in Florida this year.
The warrant is the 15th DeSantis has signed this year; Florida has executed 12 inmates so far in 2026.
Alberto Sierra, 42, admitted in court to stabbing his wife and suffocating her 2 daughters more than a decade ago.
The warrant calls for Harold Gene Lucas, 74, to die Sept. 1 by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke.
Florida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, putting to death an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history.
Tuesday marked the first time since two convicted murderers were executed on a single day — in Arkansas in 2017 — that a state has planned virtually back-to-back executions.
Rafael Andres, 61, had previously been sentenced to death in 2015 for the 2005 murder of Yvette Farinas, but the Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing trial following an appeal.
