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

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

Lisa DeCarr and Jessie LaDon Albach were like sisters. ...more

February 18, 2009

For genuinely civilized members of this (as far as we know, still) free nation, few acts of our democratic republic surpass executions for their ability to induce gooseflesh. ...more

February 13, 2009

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

February 12, 2009

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

February 12, 2009

Wayne Tompkins is set to be executed today in Florida as a result of the slaying of a 15-year-old Tampa girl. For his last meal, he ordered fried chicken, banana split ice cream and some water. ...more

February 11, 2009

A man scheduled to die Wednesday in the murder of a teenage Tampa girl 25 years ago has petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a stay of execution. ...more

February 10, 2009

A man scheduled to die Wednesday in the murder of a teenage Tampa girl 25 years ago has petitioned the Florida Supreme Court for a stay of execution. ...more

February 9, 2009

Lisa DeCarr had a headache and didn't want to go to school. The 15-year-old asked her mother if she could stay home that Thursday. Her mother, Barbara DeCarr, agreed. It was the last time DeCarr saw her daughter alive. ...more

February 8, 2009