Sitemap - 2024 - Tracking Florida's Death Penalty

Florida Supreme Court affirms John Mosley's sentence of death

Deceased: Charles Finney

Bay County: Jury recommends death for Robert Bailey

Miami-Dade County: News reports that the State has dropped the death penalty for Corey Smith

Gadsden County: Marvin Cannon resentenced to LWOP

Monique Worrell reelected as Ninth Circuit State Attorney

A look at the federal death penalty after the election

SCOTUS vacates Eleventh Circuit's decision in Hamm v. Smith

Highlands County jury recommends death penalty for Joseph Ables

Polk County jury returns life verdict for Jo Lobato

Florida Supreme Court denies Kayle Bates' request to interview juror

ABA Giving Day

BREAKING: Clay County jury returns life verdict for Corey Binderim

Florida Supreme Court affirms Leo Boatman's death sentence

SCOTUS Grants Cert in Gutierrez (TX capital case)

One Year Later: Florida Capital Sex Statute

Union County: Richard Bishop sentenced to death

Yesterday's FSC Opinions

St. Lucie County: Jury recommends death for Eriese Tisdale

New ABA Death Penalty Publication

Florida Supreme Court affirms John Sexton's sentence of death

Florida Supreme Court - September Oral Arguments

Florida Supreme Court affirms denial of Jermaine Foster's intellectual disability claim

Loran Cole Executed 8/29/2024

Cole Warrant: SCOTUS denies petition

Lee County: Wade Wilson sentenced to death

Cole Warrant: Briefing complete at SCOTUS

Cole Warrant: SCOTUS petition filed

Cole Warrant: Florida Supreme Court Denies Cole's Claims

Cole Warrant: Briefing complete at Florida Supreme Court

Cole Warrant: Florida Supreme Court appeal pending

Deceased: Krishna Maharaj

Cole Warrant: Circuit court summarily denies relief

Deceased: Nelson Serrano

Cole Warrant: Dozier School for Boys

Cole Warrant: Successive postconviction claims

Cole Warrant: Trial court proceedings and execution preparations

Gov. DeSantis signs 1st death warrant of 2024

Information from Ecuador indicates Nelson Serrano hospitalized with terminal illness

Nassau County: Patrick McDowell sentenced to death

Miami-Dade County: Life sentence for Jose Rojas

Marion County: Renaldo McGirth resentenced to life in prison

Volusia County: Julio Rivera sentenced to death

Florida Supreme Court affirms two death sentences on direct appeal

6th DCA issues decision in State v. Riley

Seminole County: Life for Leekhan Bryan

Florida Supreme Court denies James Herard's direct appeal

Highlands County: Jury recommends death for Zephen Xaver

Brevard County: Life for James Green

Lee County: Jury recommends death for Wade Wilson

Duval County: Markas Fishburne sentenced to death

Orange County: Bessman Okafor resentenced to death

Sixth DCA weighs in on Ex Post Facto issue

June Oral Arguments

Sumter County: Ronnie Brown declared intellectually disabled

Florida Supreme Court briefing on 2023 capital sentencing statute

Pinellas County: Reynaldo Figueroa-Sanabria resentenced to death

Escambia County: Circuit court denies Tina Brown's request for postconviction relief

Osceola County: Todd Zommer resentenced to life

Deceased: Jerry Haliburton

2023 statute goes to Second DCA

Florida Supreme Court rolls back Miranda rights

May Oral Arguments

Nassau County: Jury recommends death for Patrick McDowell

New Florida law requires all DOC prisoners to submit DNA

Grants Pass oral argument at 10:00 a.m. EST

Leo Schofield granted parole

Miami-Dade County: Life verdict for Robert Holton

Former Florida Gov. Bob Graham dies

Hillsborough County judge rules 2023 statute cannot apply to Billy Adams' trial

Eleventh Circuit denies Andrew Allred habeas relief

Pasco County: Phillup Partin resentenced to life

Miami-Dade County: Life verdict for Tavares Calloway

Polk County: Life verdict for David Marshall Murdock

Execution by Jury Override - Part IV: Bernard "Bo" Bolender

Deceased: Willie James Hodges

Execution by Jury Override - Part III: Bobby Marion Francis

Volusia County: Jury recommends death for James Guzman

Execution by Jury Override - Part II: Beauford White

Execution by Jury Override - Part I: Ernest John Dobbert, Jr.

Update on "evolving standards of decency" issue at SCOTUS

Duval County: Life verdict for Cecil King

Miami judge disqualifies prosecutors from Corey Smith's case

Florida Supreme Court - March Oral Arguments

Florida Supreme Court affirms Everett Miller's sentences of death

Broward County: Jury nonunanimously recommends death for Howard Ault for third time

More Hurst-related graphics

SCOTUS sets oral argument on case challenging "evolving standards of decency"

Exoneree Robert DuBoise settles with City of Tampa

Eleventh Circuit denies Harry Phillips habeas relief

Proposed legislation addresses climate in Florida correctional institutions

Florida Supreme Court denies Hunter/Victorino jurisdictional petition

Polk County: Jury recommends death for Marcelle Waldon

Gadsden County: Elijah Brookins resentenced to life

First capital sex prosecution ends in plea to LWOP

Brevard County: Brian Peters pleas to LWOP

Orange County: Jury recommends death for Bessman Okafor

Florida Supreme Court decides Leon Davis, Jr.'s pending claims

Duval County: Arthur Martin resentenced to life

Duval County: State waives death penalty for Jonte Harris

Florida death-row exoneree Clifford Williams, Jr. dies

Jury overrides on Florida's death row

Duval County: Luther Douglas resentenced to life

Volusia County: Jury recommends death for Julio Rivera

Bay County: Michael Hunt sentenced to death

U.S. Supreme Court grants cert in Grants Pass v. Johnson

Florida Supreme Court affirms denial of Paul Everett's request for DNA testing

First Day of 2024 Legislative Session

DPIC report on Hurst resentencings

Federal court grants discovery regarding lethal injection