Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida carried out the second of two executions in one day at 6 p.m. on July 28, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. It was the first time since 1964 that Florida ...

In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace. Across a two-lane highway from Florida State Prison, people prayed as an execution was carried out on June 2.Credit... Supported by By ...

Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state. Dennis Sochor ...

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. Hours earlier, the ...

In the dorms, there's a water fountain, but it's always warm because many mouths are slurping the cold water greedily. Sweat beads off the dorm's sticky walls. Men pass out on their racks when the heat overcomes them.

A former Florida prison warden who oversaw executions is urging current corrections workers to refuse to participate in them. The author, a veteran who voted for Republican candidates, argues that carrying out executions causes lifelong trauma for state ...

James Robertson, who nearly two decades ago killed his cellmate so he could get on death row, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison. Robertson, 63, is the 17th person executed by the state this year.