The death penalty provision is included in bills (HB 3C and SB 4C) that also criminalize undocumented immigrants over 18 who "knowingly" enter Florida after evading U.S. immigration officers.

Ivy Ceballo TNS Tallahassee Florida lawmakers want to make the death penalty mandatory for immigrants in the country illegally who are convicted of capital crimes, a change that would remove the ...

James D. Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in southwest Florida while their toddler looked on, was ...

A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple’s toddler was put ...

An Australian woman awaiting trial in the US over the death of her stepdaughter will not face the death penalty. US prosecutors have withdrawn their intention to seek the death penalty "without ...

A proposal passed by Florida’s Legislature will require the death penalty for “unauthorized aliens” who commit a capital felony. TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers want to make the death ...

A massive manhunt Friday morning in North Florida ended with the death of the suspect ... 2 killed during armed robbery at Quincy, Florida, gas station The Gadsden County Sheriff's Office posted ...

“It’s a death penalty case, and causality is critical ... defense to review medical evidence in preparation for Lilly’s trial, a case that has languished in the court system for nearly ...

At trial, Ford also was convicted of sexual battery with a firearm and child abuse. The Death Penalty Information Center said Florida uses a three-drug injection of a sedative, a paralytic and a ...

A death penalty trial ended in a hung jury on Thursday, with the judge declaring a mistrial for a man accused of killing and dismembering his wife’s ex-lover more than eight years ago.