Melvin Trotter, 65, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1986 stabbing death of Virgie Langford. Alex Lanfranconi, a spokesman for Gov.

As Melvin Trotter faces execution today for a 1986 killing in Florida, his attorneys argue his intellectual disability has ...

A Florida man convicted of killing a grocery store owner was executed Tuesday, marking the second execution in the state this year.

The Florida Cabinet and Gov. Ron DeSantis agreed Tuesday to give Hillsborough College a 22-acre (49-hectare) plot of state ...

Melvin Trotter was executed Feb. 24 for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in ...

Death row inmate’s final meal before being executed for Florida grocery store killing - His attorneys argued his advanced age of 65 should have exempted him from execution ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and members of the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved roughly $40 million to reimburse local law enforcement agencies — primarily in rural counties — for a rapid ...

Five judges and one lawyer have been recommended to Gov. Ron DeSantis for an opening on Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal. Who are they?

The recent Democratic polling for Election 2028 has been posted. There’s a field, although not a very compelling one. Some ...