Texas and other states that lead the nation in executions are sentencing many fewer inmates to death, a trend that slowly is reducing the death row population in the United States, a report from an anti-capital punishment group says. ...more

December 18, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court has affirmed the murder conviction and death sentence of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia's killer. ...more

December 17, 2009

Jurors called it a night Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the capital murder trial of Deneilo Bradshaw, 24, accused of participating in the shooting and robbery of Tallahassee police confidential informant Rachel Hoffman, 23. ...more

December 17, 2009

A murder trial rife with controversy and surprise produced another twist Friday night: ...more

December 12, 2009

A murder trial already rife with controversy and surprise brings another twist: a hung jury. ...more

December 11, 2009

John Ditullio Jr. painted a rough picture of life as a prospective member of the American Nazis. ...more

December 11, 2009

A former longtime member of the American Nazis took to the witness stand Wednesday to blame neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. for the March 2006 stabbings of Patricia Wells and Kristofer King. ...more

December 10, 2009

A longtime member of the American Nazis took to the witness stand today to blame neo-Nazi John Ditullio Jr. for the March 2006 stabbings of Patricia Wells and Kristofer King. ...more

December 9, 2009

Patricia Wells and her 17-year-old son, Brandon Wininger, hadn't had much peace since moving in to a Teak Street mobile home in December 2005. ...more

December 9, 2009

John Ditullio Jr. has chosen to decorate his neck with a pair of tattoos – a swastika on the right side and an expletive on the left. ...more

December 4, 2009