Death Penalty

FL Rep. Dianne Hart, a long-term champion of criminal justice and prison reforms, and Julianne Holt, the elected Hillsborough County Public Defender for the past 33 years both appeared on MidPoint to discuss the mostly...

Vigils and demonstrations were held across the state on Thursday night to protest the execution of Duane Owen. Listen: A small group gathered on a street corner in Pinellas Park as a part of the...

Death penalty defense lawyers, Allison Miller and Craig Whisenhunt join MidPoint to discuss the new legislation that now makes Florida the state with the lowest legal threshold to put convicted people to death for murder,...

The Florida Legislature passed a bill that would allow the death penalty for people who commit sexual battery on children under age 12.

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, April 14th, 2023

Floridians Against the Death Penalty held vigils across the state during Wednesday's execution to voice their opposition to capital punishment.

The Florida Supreme Court rejected arguments aimed at sparing the life of Death Row inmate Louis Gaskin, setting the stage for his execution next week.

  Listen: A University of South Florida criminology professor is featured in a new true crime docuseries. WMNF reports that the Tampa professor wants to shed light on why killers kill. The Lesson is Murder...

Opponents of the death penalty gathered on Thursday night to protest the execution of convicted murderer Donald Dillbeck.

In Florida’s first execution since 2019, Donald David Dillbeck was put to death by lethal injection at 6:13 p.m. Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the scheduled execution of Donald Dillbeck, setting the stage for Florida's first execution since 2019.

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected appeals by a Death Row inmate who is scheduled to be executed next week.