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

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.

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

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

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet officially designated 22 acres at Hillsborough College into the talks involving a ...

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?