A man convicted of killing a married couple during a robbery in South Florida in 1990 was put to death Tuesday, marking the 13th execution in Florida this year, a state record. Victor Tony Jones, 64, ...

Sometime around dinner on September 30, Victor Tony Jones will become Mr. Unlucky 13. On that date, the 64-year-old will walk into the execution chamber at the Florida State Prison in tiny Starke, ...

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison, marking the state’s 14th execution of 2025, a new record, the Associated Press reported. Smithers was ...

A Florida killer known as the “Deacon of Death” was executed on Tuesday for the murders of two women whose bodies were found dumped in a pond in 1996, continuing a record 14 executions carried out by ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Florida on Tuesday executed a 72-year-old death row inmate for the 1996 murders of two women, as the state continues its record pace of executions. Samuel Smithers was put to death by ...

A man convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in central Florida is scheduled to be put to death in November under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who continues to ...

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents and setting their house on fire is scheduled to put to death Wednesday, which would be a record 12th ...

Tennessee is scheduled to execute death row inmate Edmund Zagorski using the electric chair Nov. 1, the first time the chair has been used here in 11 years. Gov. Bill Haslam delayed the execution to ...