Governor Ron DeSantis has signed the second death warrant of 2026, scheduling the execution of Melvin Trotter — who was sentenced to death for the 1986 murder of Virgie Langford — for Tuesday, February 24, at 6 p.m. This was a devastating act of violence that ended a human life and caused immeasurable harm to…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Florida accelerates executions at a pace unseen in modern history, multiple death row prisoners with execution dates this month have filed claims with the Florida Supreme Court raising serious concerns about the State’s repeated failure to follow its own execution protocol. Courts have long held that under the Eighth Amendment, execution…
Yesterday afternoon, Governor DeSantis signed a death warrant for Billy Leon Kearse. His execution is scheduled for March 3 at 6 pm. That makes three people on death watch. Three executions scheduled in just over three weeks. All three death watch cells are full. It is an execution assembly line. And it is still January.…
