As the execution of convicted killer Dennis Sochor draws near, his victim’s sister is bracing for a reality she has dreaded for 44 years. “I wish we had her home,” Marilyn Gifford said of her slain ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed a special master to take a closer look at concerns surrounding the planned execution of death-row inmate Christa Pike. Senior Judge ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday evening signed a new death warrant for James Aren Duckett after the Florida Supreme Court lifted its stay of the former Mascotte police officer's previously scheduled ...

Dennis Michael Sochor is scheduled for execution on July 14 for the 1981 rape and murder of Patricia Gifford. Sochor's execution would be the 10th this year under Governor Ron DeSantis's accelerated ...

After months of legal maneuvering and procedural delays, Gov. Ron DeSantis has re-scheduled the execution of death row inmate James Duckett — a former Mascotte police officer who pushed for what ...

Man who was 74 was one of three older prisoners scheduled for execution within the span of a month Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its state history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old ...

Niki Nikbakht comes from a close-knit family. She fondly flicks through photos of her two elder brothers, Hadi and Fazlollah, at her home in Osnabrück, northwest Germany. In one photo, Hadi grins back ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has set a new execution date for former Mascotte police officer James Duckett, nearly four decades after he was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old. DeSantis signed a ...

A 74-year-old man was executed in Florida on Tuesday, making him the oldest inmate executed in Florida's modern history. Dennis Sochor was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. after a three-drug injection at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida is planning to carry out two executions on the same day for the first time in more than six decades as the state cements ...

Amid an aggressive pursuit of the death penalty, the move is the first time Florida has set two executions for the same day. James Duckett, left, and Dominick Occhicone, right, are both scheduled to ...

Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the span of a month in ...