Following an internal Polk Sheriff's investigation, four detention deputies resigned in lieu of firing and three supervisors were suspended.

Frank Walls' execution will mark Florida's 19th this year, shattering the state's previous record of eight executions set in ...

The dramatic escalation in executions has sparked debate between those seeking justice for victims' families and advocates ...

A federal judge has denied a request to close an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator ...

Frank Athen Walls, 58, was convicted of two counts of murder, two counts of kidnapping, burglary and theft and sentenced to ...

A 33-year-old Ocoee woman allegedly sexually abused a child, created explicit materials, and shared them with a convicted ...

The Dec. 18 execution of Frank Walls, who confessed to five murders committed between 1985 and 1987, will bring many long-sought closure.

Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...

A Florida inmate at a federal prison in Coleman died in October after being shot inside the high-security prison, authorities and family members confirmed.

Florida inmates are approved for the same surgery when their vision tests 20/50 or worse, department standards state. But ...

Mark Allen Geralds was executed by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of Tressa Pettibone, a mother whose body was found by ...

Mark Allen Geralds is scheduled to be executed for the 1989 murder of Tressa Lynn Pettibone, whose son found her body on the ...