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Florida Gov. DeSantis signs execution order for man who raped and murdered Orlando woman in 1994
Continuing to accelerate the pace of executions in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted in the 1994 rape and murder of a woman in downtown Orlando.
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Florida Supreme Court: Death Sentences Stand For Mark Wilson In Brutal Hammer Murders Of Nephews
The Supreme Court of Florida today, May 22, 2025, affirmed the convictions and death sentences of Mark Howard Wilson for the ...
NRA wants US Supreme Court to rule on Florida’s law restricting gun-buying age
Calling split appellate-court decisions “intolerable,” the National Rifle Association on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Florida appeals court strikes down law letting minors get an abortion without parents’ consent
A Florida appeals court has ruled that a state law that allows minors to get an abortion without their parents’ consent is ...
U.S. Supreme Court denies stay in Florida execution set for this week
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the execution of convicted killer Glen Rogers, setting the ...
Gov. DeSantis appoints one of his former lawyers for Tallahassee appellate court vacancy
Gov. Ron DeSantis has selected Ray Treadwell, his former chief deputy general counsel, as the newest judge on the 1st ...
After Clay County teen seeks abortion without parents, court calls state 'waiver' unconstitutional
The panel certified its ruling upholding parents’ rights in their children’s abortion decisions as a “question of great public importance” for the Supreme Court.
Florida's economy to feel pain from ending TPS for 260,000 Venezuelans, officials say
They fear a labor shortage in South Florida as trades such as construction and landscaping lose workers. Those workers also are consumers, they say.