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Donna Adelson, who's serving a life sentence in the murder of Dan Markel, has new prison digs not far from her one-time home ...

A nearly two-year investigation has concluded that overcrowding and understaffing has resulted in a high number of complaints ...

Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was convicted of murder, armed robbery, burglary and stealing a car and was sentenced to death in ...

Over the last decade, thousands of people incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections have reported excessive force ...

A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening. Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, is set to receive a lethal injection ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Anne Marie Pham grew up helping her father with his “messiest” ...

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 former Florida prisons chaplain says he was wrongly fired because he doesn't believe women should provide ministry to men.

A Florida man convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday evening.Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, is set to receive a lethal injection ...