A former auto mechanic found guilty of strangling 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a security camera, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and death sentence this week in the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

December 19, 2009

The organization that helped free James Bain from prison for a crime he didn't commit did not exist when he was sentenced to life 35 years ago, nor did the science that eventually freed him. ...more

December 18, 2009

Jamie Bernard Bain is a free man after 35 years in prison. The once-convicted rapist whose guilt was called into question by recent DNA testing was set free by a judge this morning in Polk County. ...more

December 17, 2009

If a judge sets him free today after 35 years in prison, the first thing Jamie Bernard Bain plans to do is pay his respects at his stepfather's grave. ...more

December 17, 2009

James Bernard Bain was 19 years old when he was convicted of kidnapping a Lake Wales boy, then raping him on a baseball diamond not far from the child's home. ...more

December 11, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court has stayed next week's execution of David Eugene Johnston pending DNA testing of key evidence. ...more

May 21, 2009

A proposal that would expand the use of DNA collection in Florida is gaining traction in the Florida House. ...more

March 17, 2009

The Innocence Project of Florida is asking the Hillsborough County state attorney's office for additional DNA testing in the case of a Tampa man executed earlier this month. ...more

February 25, 2009

The first outbreak of a disease that is killing palm trees in other parts of the state was detected this week in Highlands County. ...more

February 21, 2009

Lisa DeCarr and Jessie LaDon Albach were like sisters. The 15-year-old friends hung around each other's neighborhoods, chatted about boys and borrowed each other's clothes. ...more

February 19, 2009