Charles Lee “Sonny” Burton did not pull the trigger that killed Doug Battle in 1991. He didn’t tell anyone to fire the shot, nor was he in the building when it happened, according to Burton’s petition ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People gather outside the Alabama Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 16, 2026, to urge Gov. Kay Ivey to grant ...
BLOUNT COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — A Circuit Court judge has ordered that Gary Wayne Sutton, the man who was convicted of murdering a brother and sister in Blount and Sevier counties, be evaluated by state ...
Florida has executed an inmate 35 years after he shot a police officer more than a dozen times during a traffic stop. Billy Leon Kearse was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday, March 3, for the ...
Virgie Langford was ready for retirement. For five decades, the 70-year-old ran a mom-and-pop grocery store in Palmetto along Florida's Gulf Coast. The neighborhood had gotten dangerous, Langford got ...
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Melvin Trotter is scheduled for execution for the 1986 murder of a 70-year-old shop owner in Palmetto. Trotter's attorneys have filed multiple appeals, including one currently before the U.S. Supreme ...
Palmetto, Fla. (WWSB) - As the state prepares to execute Melvin Trotter, groups against the death penalty are speaking out. Melvin Trotter, 65, is scheduled to be executed Tuesday evening for the 1986 ...
Students at a prestigious university in the United Kingdom recently unearthed a likely execution pit on the outskirts of town — dating back 1,200 years. The University of Cambridge announced the ...