The state Supreme Court on Thursday denied the appeal of a man convicted in the 1998 murder of Vicki Robinson, a killing in which he was aided by her 15-year-old daughter. ...more

June 6, 2008

Long-shot DNA testing may now be all that stands in the way of Samuel Jason Derrick's execution for stabbing a Moon Lake shopkeeper more than 30 times during a June 1987 robbery. ...more

May 30, 2008

I'll never forget the day my 33-year-old daughter Michelle was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. ...more

May 11, 2008

Nearly seven years ago, then-Circuit Judge Maynard Swanson unloaded on Lawrence Joey Smith in a 32-page sentencing order sending Smith to death row. ...more

February 23, 2008

A Sign Of The Times Regarding "Hixon Design Gets Mixed Reviews" (Metro, Feb. 8): ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - On a July afternoon 26 1/2 years ago, two undercover narcotics investigators walked into a house on 29th Street and, almost immediately, gunfire erupted. The shooter now is being considered for release. ...more

January 14, 2008

What happened Sunday to the Bucs wasn't a mystery. At the risk of invoking an annoying pop culture reference, they are who we thought they were - or maybe who we were afraid they were. ...more

January 7, 2008

Anguished words from a murder victim's family came Thursday to a Hillsborough County courtroom from the Middle East. ...more

January 4, 2008

Anguished words from a murder victim's family came to a Hillsborough County courtroom on Thursday from the Middle East. A shackled Gregory Everett McCray, 51, listened during his sentencing hearing as a prosecutor read aloud a letter written by David Yahya Kiswani's widow. ...more

January 3, 2008

New Jersey will become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty under a measure lawmakers approved Thursday and the governor intends to sign within days. ...more

December 14, 2007