Death Penalty

The Florida Supreme Court has blocked the death penalty for two men convicted of murder. Eight out of twelve jurors sentenced Robert McCloud and Terrance…

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled capital sentences in the state must be unanimous, and it has sent a death row inmate back to court for a new penalty…

Harvard’s Fair Punishment Project is highlighting a number of counties that are outliers in terms of capital sentencing. Four of those counties are in…

The Florida Supreme Court is considering more cases thrown into doubt by a US Supreme Court ruling earlier this year. Nick Evans reports.The Hurst v.…

The Florida Supreme Court Tuesday took up a case that could spell trouble for the state’s new capital sentencing system. The court is deciding whether…

A Miami-area judge has ruled Florida’s new capital sentencing scheme is unconstitutional. The judge found fault with the law’s lack of a unanimity…

In January the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Florida’s death sentencing system. Now Florida’s high court is considering how the ruling applies to inmates…

Florida’s high court is deliberating the fate of Timothy Hurst—the death row inmate whose case prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the Florida’s…

A man on death row is asking the Supreme Court for a new trial.A jury convicted Mark Asay on two counts of murder in 1988, and sentenced him to death. But…

A new capital sentencing system is on its way to the governor. Wednesday the Senate agreed ten of twelve jurors must concur for the death penalty.Last…