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.
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.
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.
Justices ruled unanimously that Francisco Amador paid his qualifying fee from the wrong campaign account.
The 11th Circuit reversed an earlier ruling that found the law violated the First Amendment.
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.
James Aren Duckett, 68, now awaits action on a similar request from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge John Jordan III has been on the Ninth Circuit bench since 2011, when he was appointed by former Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
Dominick Occhicone, who also awaits a similar request before the U.S. Supreme Court, killed his former girlfriend's parents four decades ago in Pasco County.
William Frances Silvia, 61, is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Aug. 18, according to the warrant.
The action by DeSantis sets up two executions to take place at Florida State Prison on July 28, with James Aren Duckett scheduled to die at noon and Dominick Anthony Occhicone, 80, at 6 p.m., both by lethal injection.
Florida executed a 74-year-old man, its oldest inmate in over a century, just weeks after executing another inmate who was then the oldest to receive the state's death penalty.
Florida's next execution set to take place Tuesday for death of woman killed after New Year's celebration 44 years ago in Broward.
A 2-1 ruling from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Florida's assertion it could control the speech of its employees to be "a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse in the very places the state's own statutes recognize as centers of inquiry."
Dusty Ray Spencer, 74, was convicted of killing his wife Karen Spencer in 1992.
In a 6-1 ruling, the court determined the First District Court of Appeal should consider the merits of the case before it weighs in on the matter.
Andrew Richard Lukehart, 53, is Florida's eighth execution of 2026 on Tuesday evening.
Judge Joshua Hawkes of the Leon Circuit Court rejected the push from two voting rights organizations and a group of voters to strike down the map drawn up by an aide for Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-led Legislature.
This was Florida's seventh execution so far this year, following a state record 19 executions in 2025.
Before DeSantis signed the bill at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami, he took time to comment on Cuba, saying Florida needs a "good neighbor" 90 miles from its shores.
James Ernest Hitchcock was convicted of raping, beating and killing his step-niece in 1976.
A new congressional map will almost certainly sail through Florida's Republican controlled Legislature without any changes or substantive debate.
