Florida man on death row for 40 years executed
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida man who spent nearly 40 years on death row for killing a Miami couple and later stabbing a prison guard to death with a...
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Florida Supreme Court rules execution drug is effective sedative
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - The Florida Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state's new lethal injection procedure, clearing the way for the execution of a Death Row inmate who argued it was...
Four charged in Florida inmate escape scheme
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Two convicted killers who used fake release papers to walk free from a Florida prison earlier this year were aided by a forger and a man...
Florida Supreme Court rules execution drug is effective sedative
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - The Florida Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state's new lethal injection procedure, clearing the way for the execution of a Death Row inmate who argued it was...
Court rules Florida state college students can keep guns in cars
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Students attending public universities in Florida can keep weapons in their cars while on campus, a state appeals court has ruled. The ruling by the 1st...
Florida State star quarterback cleared in sex assault probe
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston, considered the front runner for college football's prestigious Heisman Trophy, will not be charged with sexual assault in a case that...
Florida judge upholds use of new mix of execution drugs
TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - A drug that Florida recently started using to knock out condemned killers in executions does not subject them to unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment, a Florida judge...
Florida’s attorney general challenges medical marijuana initiative
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's attorney general told the state's high court on Thursday that supporters of medical marijuana want to mislead voters into approving a proposal to legalize the...
Suspects linked to forged papers prison escape in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Investigators have linked several suspects to the case of two convicted killers who used forged court documents to escape from a Florida prison, and the get-out-of-jail-free...
Florida sues Georgia to protect oyster farmers in water dispute
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce neighboring Georgia's use of water from the Chattahoochee River that feeds the oyster...