Ex-officer James Duckett had been set to be executed on Tuesday for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl while he was ...

The Florida Supreme Court declined Monday to lift the stay of execution it granted to Duckett, ensuring that the former ...

A Florida man who prosecutors say wrestled a police officer’s service weapon away during a 1991 traffic stop and fatally shot him was executed Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his ...