Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell (D-Tampa) also expressed concern about the record-setting pace of executions.

DeSantis said he thinks the death penalty could be a "strong deterrent" if sentences were more quickly carried out.

Mark Allen Geralds is scheduled to be executed Dec. 9 for the murder of Tressa Lynn Pettibone, a 33-year-old Panama City Beach mother who was beaten and stabbed to death in her home.

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with serious mental illnesses from being executed. Nine people have been removed from death row, with 25 cases still pending. Some death row inmates have ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...