November 23
FLORIDA:
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against handyman accused of killing elderly
couple
A handyman accused of murdering an elderly Osceola County couple in their home
in July could face the death penalty, according to court records.
This week, prosecutors filed
Oct. 1
FLORIDA:
State Attorney's Office to seek death penalty in double-fatal home invasion
The State Attorney's Office plans to seek the death penalty for 3 men charged
in a Bradenton home invasion that left a couple dead with their five children
in the home, according to partner
Sept. 14
FLORIDA:
Man facing death penalty in strangulation of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle
back in court Monday
The man accused of raping and killing 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle will be
back in a Jacksonville courtroom Monday morning for a pretrial hearing that
might lead to
July 13
FLORIDA:
He was a death row survivorIn an obituary written for the New Abolitionist,
Lily Hughes remembers the 1st death row prisoner exonerated in the modern era
of the death penalty.
Florida death row survivor Dave Keaton died this past week at the age of 63.
Dave
Aug. 2
FLORIDA:
A death is worth the wait
Ending capital punishment is the only sure way to end the endless debate
about the death penalty. That, however, is unlikely to happen, at least
anytime soon. Arguments about its tremendous cost (given the lengthy
appeal process), its morality,
Oct. 28
FLORIDA:
With Rolling's execution, vindication seemed out of graspA lawyer
spent 16 years living under a shadow of suspicion.
Among the people standing vigil outside the prison at Danny Rollings
execution Wednesday was Hal Carter, an Atlanta lawyer.
Carter hoped Rolling would
Aug. 2
FLORIDA:
Jury recommends death for 2 in Xbox killings
2 of the 3 men convicted of killing six young people with baseball bats in
a dispute over an Xbox video game system should be executed, a jury said.
Death was recommended for ringleader Troy Victorino, 29, and Jerone
Hunter,
