It took Wayne Tompkins about five minutes to fatally strangle his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter. ...more

February 12, 2009

A man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a police officer was found strangled in his cell, and investigators focused Tuesday on guards at the suburban Maryland jail, which has a history of security lapses. ...more

July 2, 2008

Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution. ...more

June 30, 2008

STARKE - Florida's new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution. ...more

June 29, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE BASEBALL AAA MAJORS South Lake's Danny Gonzalez blasts two homers, drives in five RBI to crush SH American, 15-3 ...more

June 28, 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

at least temporarily - to put a stop to executions by lethal injection, the Florida Supreme Court ruled last week that this state's procedures are not cruel and unusual. ...more

November 6, 2007