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Florida’s high court, federal appeals court refuse to block execution set for next week
The Florida Supreme Court and a federal appeals court Thursday refused to block next week’s scheduled execution of Edward James in the 1993 murders of a Seminole County woman and her 8-year-old
Florida Courts Reject Appeals From Edward James, Execution Set For Next Week
The Florida Supreme Court and the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have denied attempts to block the scheduled March 20th execution of Edward James, who was convicted of the 1993 murders of a Seminole County woman and her 8-year-old granddaughter.
Appeals Court Says Louisiana Can Carry Out the State’s First Nitrogen Gas Execution Next Week
Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday
Federal appeals court reinstates execution of condemned Louisiana inmate
The nitrogen gas asphyxiation execution of Jessie Hoffman Jr. is back on for next week after a ruling Friday from the U.S. Fifth Court of Appeals.
Legal battle continues over Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution
A federal judge blocked Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over cruel and unusual punishment. The state immediately appealed, arguing the method has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Florida man who killed woman, 8-year-old in Seminole County to be executed next week
Edward James, a Florida man convicted of killing a woman and raping and killing her 8-year-old-granddaughter in Seminole ...
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Florida bishops urge DeSantis to commute death sentence of convicted killer Edward James
Edward James pleaded guilty in 1995 to the killings of Betty Dick and her 8-year-old granddaughter Toni Neuner in Casselberry ...
Florida man is set to be executed for kidnapping and murdering a woman
A man convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death is set to be executed next month under a ...
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for husband in South Florida triple murder
Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Nathan Gingles, the man accused of killing his wife, her father and an ...
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Florida Man Facing Imminent Execution Petitions Supreme Court for Habeas Corpus Review
TALLAHASSEE, FL – With his execution scheduled for March 20, 2025, Edward Thomas James has filed a petition for a writ of ...
YNW Melly’s Trials Highlight Florida’s Unconstitutional Death Penalty Law
If convicted in a double homicide, Melly could be sentenced to death by a non-unanimous jury — a practice with deep roots in ...
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Florida mother at risk for death penalty for killing baby boy accepts plea deal
More than five years ago, a 30-year-old Florida mother was accused of killing her 5-month-old son after he suffered head ...
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Proposal to expand death penalty in Florida now goes to Florida House floor
A bill that would add another crime category for a jury to consider when administering the death penalty has passed its second committee in the Florida House and will soon go before the entire chamber ...
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Non-Unanimous Death Penalty in Florida Has ‘Deep Roots’ in Jim Crow
BROWARD COUNTY, FL - The Garrison Project this past week published, in partnership with Rolling Stone Magazine, a story documenting the unconstitutionality of ...
A look at the status of US executions in 2025
Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year, and 12 other people are scheduled to be executed in six states ...