Nearly 20 years after the tragic murder of the Escobedo family, St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro and State Attorney Thomas Bakkedahl are reopening the case in efforts to pursue justice.

Tom Bakkedahl's office is moving forward by seeking the death penalty for the two killers under Florida law.

Federal prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” if he's convicted ...

Thomas Gudinas, convicted of raping, assaulting and murdering a woman near a downtown Orlando bar in 1994, is scheduled to be ...

St. Lucie County investigators are pursuing state-level capital charges against two men whose federal death sentences were commuted by former President Joe Biden.

TALLAHASSEE—Florida can use new death penalty methods in inmate executions. Gov. Ron DeSantis broke his personal record for most death warrants signed in a ye ...

Sheriff Richard Del Toro and 19th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Thomas Bakkedahl announced the reopening of the 2006 Escobedo family murder case.

The Florida Supreme Court is denying an appeal made by a Death Row inmate convicted of killing two young boys in Melrose. There was still thick smoke across East County Road 225 hours after officials ...

The Florida Supreme Court is denying an appeal made by a Death Row inmate convicted of killing two young boys in Melrose. There was still thick smoke across East County Road 225 hours after officials ...

The Rev. Jeff Hood, a noted anti-death penalty activist and death row spiritual adviser, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.