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DeSantis signs death warrant for man who murdered Florida woman in 1982
A Florida man’s execution has finally been set after spending over 40 years on death row. ‘I feel like the baby was abandoned ...
Opinion
Editorial: One Florida death factory leads to another
The latest Florida death row inmate to be executed spent part of his boyhood at the horrific Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. Michael Bell was one of 34 former Dozier inmates who ...
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Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row
The 54-year-old Bell, who was executed by Florida officials on Tuesday, spent four chaotic months at the Arthur G. Dozier ...
Delray man facing death penalty in murder during home invasion robbery
Michael Robert Schnitzerling, 34, is set to go on trial Monday for the murder of Bruce Salituri and the attempted murder of ...
A tragic legacy: Dozens of Florida reform school kids wound up on state's death row
Michael Bell's execution highlights the troubling legacy of childhood trauma inflicted at Florida's reform schools, raises ...
Executions on rise in U.S. as Florida to conduct its eighth for 2025
The United States is likely to reach a 10-year high for capital punishment before August arrives with Florida set to execute ...
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On Florida's death row, inmates outlive judges who condemn them
James Rose, 78, South Florida’s longest-serving death row inmate, was sentenced in 1977 by Broward Circuit Judge M. Daniel Futch Jr. for the November 1976 kidnapping and murder of Lisa Berry, ...
He Wanted Revenge on His Brother's Killer — Now He's Set to be Executed for Murdering the Wrong Guy
Michael Bernard Bell, a Florida man who shot and killed two people as a part of a revenge plot is scheduled to be executed by ...