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A Mississippi death row inmate convicted in a 2017 killing spree that left eight people dead is asking the state’s highest court to overturn his conviction and death sentence.In a petition filed ...

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James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stay his execution. James Hitchcock appears in Florida prison mug shots ...

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James Franklin Rose has been waiting a lifetime to be put to death. Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the warrant authorizing the May 21 execution of Richard Knight, 47, who was convicted of ...

Florida leads the nation in executions this year, with five carried out so far in 2026. Governor Ron DeSantis has accelerated the pace of executions, citing an obligation to provide closure for ...