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'Buried alive' mastermind returned to death row: Florida high court upholds 8-4 jury vote law

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the death sentences of Michael James Jackson, the ringleader of a group that kidnapped a frail, elderly couple in 2005 and buried them alive. The ruling solidifies the state’s ability to impose capital punishment without a unanimous jury verdict,

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Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries

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Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentence in challenge to 8-juror law

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Inmate denies killing murderer found dead in prison

A prisoner charged with the murder of a convicted killer at a high-security prison has denied the killing.

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Florida man becomes state's 19th execution in 2025 for killing 2 during home invasion

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Justices reject challenges to Florida’s death penalty law

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Teenage serial killer who committed Florida's 'Tuesday murders' is executed

A death row inmate who as a teenager killed five people and terrorized a community has been executed.

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Florida serial killer Frank Walls to be executed 40 years after murders

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Live updates: Frank Walls has been executed in Florida

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Florida executes 19 people in 2025, shattering state records amid growing controversy

Frank Walls' execution will mark Florida's 19th this year, shattering the state's previous record of eight executions set in 2014.

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Florida death row inmate Steven Lorenzo wants to speed up his execution; judge allows it

Steven Lorenzo, the man who drugged, tortured and killed two men in Tampa in 2003, could soon be executed after a judge agreed Thursday to allow him to give up his remaining

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Maxwell: On Florida’s death row for half a century, Zeigler case remains fatally flawed

Maxwell: The jury didn’t believe Tommy Zeigler should be executed. A judge ordered him to die anyway. 50 years later, new DNA evidence prompts new questions.

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Florida death row inmate claims prison officials used expired drugs in 4 recent executions: lawsuit

In 2017, Florida began using a new combination consisting of etomidate, rocuronium bromide, and potassium acetate.

A teenage serial killer committed Florida's 'Tuesday murders.' Now he's being executed

Frank Athen Walls' victims include a 19-year-old junior college student who was sunbathing and a young Air Force couple who were attacked as they slept.

Executions nearly double in 2025 due to dramatic rise in Florida

This year, 48 people are expected to be executed in the U.S. Meanwhile, fewer new death sentences are being issued, and public support for the death penalty is at its lowest point in over 50 years.