Death penalty

LISTEN HERE: New Tampa police chief to be sworn in today The Tampa City Council is set to confirm Lee Bercaw as the City’s new police chief today. Bercaw, who joined the force in 1997,...

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,...

In the 2023 Florida Legislative session, the Republican-controlled House & Senate passed bills that were priorities of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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

Florida execution Louis Bernard Gaskin became the 101st person executed in the state of Florida last night after being sentenced to death for the murder of a north Florida couple in 1989. “Floridians for Alternatives...

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.

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.

Attorneys for convicted murderer Donald David Dillbeck requested that the Florida Supreme Court issue a stay of execution.