The execution of a former police officer convicted of murdering and raping a young girl nearly 40 years ago will remain on hold after the Florida Supreme Court on Monday denied the state’s request to ...

James Duckett has been temporarily spared ahead of his Tuesday execution. The state’s highest court could lift the order based on DNA results. James Duckett appears in a photo taken on death row at ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. James Broadnax will soon take his last breath. For the last 17 years, the convicted murderer has been on death row, with ...

An Alabama man on death row for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in late 2021 wants the state to hurry up and get it over with already. Jeremy Williams wants his execution fast-tracked, after a ...

When 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee was kidnapped, raped, strangled and drowned in the small Florida city of Mascotte nearly 40 years ago, a surprising suspect emerged: a rookie cop named James Duckett ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran is on track to exceed the record number of executions it carried out against opponents in 2025, with 657 executions in the first three months of the year, according to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florida Supreme Court has halted the scheduled execution of James Duckett, a former Florida police officer who was charged in ...

As a stay remains in place for an execution scheduled for Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed the death warrant for a man convicted of raping and murdering his brother's 13-year-old ...

James Duckett and Teresa McAbee (Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.) LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Plans to execute a former Mascotte police officer ...

Whatever you think of the death penalty, it’s difficult to read about the cases of James Broadnax and Rodney Reed in Texas and conclude that justice will be served by executing them. Broadnax is ...

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Court documents show Florida’s Supreme Court stayed the execution of James Duckett, as court-ordered DNA testing has not been completed. Duckett was scheduled to be executed March ...

James Hitchcock is scheduled for execution on April 30 for the 1976 rape and murder of his 13-year-old step-niece. Hitchcock has been sentenced to death four separate times for the same crime due to ...