Death Row

Jason Simpson was convicted of hacking a drug dealer and his girlfriend to death in 1999 in Duval County. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that he should receive a new trial because prosecutors did not disclose that a witness against him was a confidential informant for the state.

More than three decades after he was convicted of killing two people near LaBelle, Death Row inmate Cary Michael Lambrix was executed late Thursday at…

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for a convicted killer who has spent more than four decades on Death Row for a racially charged…

The Florida Supreme Court has rejected a request to investigate allegations of racism involving a Duval County circuit judge who sentenced an…

Attorneys for a man convicted of two Jacksonville murders, who’s scheduled to be put to death on St. Patrick's Day, are asking the Florida Supreme Court…

Florida lawmakers are pledging to remedy the state's death-penalty sentencing structure after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the state's…