As the execution of convicted killer Dennis Sochor draws near, his victim’s sister is bracing for a reality she has dreaded for 44 years. “I wish we had her home,” Marilyn Gifford said of her slain ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for Texas to carry out its 600th execution on Thursday, May 14. Edward Busby's execution had been on hold for nearly a week after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ...

After months of legal maneuvering and procedural delays, Gov. Ron DeSantis has re-scheduled the execution of death row inmate James Duckett — a former Mascotte police officer who pushed for what ...

Niki Nikbakht comes from a close-knit family. She fondly flicks through photos of her two elder brothers, Hadi and Fazlollah, at her home in Osnabrück, northwest Germany. In one photo, Hadi grins back ...

Dennis Michael Sochor is scheduled for execution on July 14 for the 1981 rape and murder of Patricia Gifford. Sochor's execution would be the 10th this year under Governor Ron DeSantis's accelerated ...

Man who was 74 was one of three older prisoners scheduled for execution within the span of a month Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its state history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida is planning to carry out two executions on the same day for the first time in more than six decades as the state cements ...

Florida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older inmates scheduled for execution within the span of a month in ...

Florida executed 74-year-old Dennis Michael Sochor Tuesday, July 14, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke for the 1981 murder of 18-year-old Patricia Gifford. After meeting Gifford ...

Amid an aggressive pursuit of the death penalty, the move is the first time Florida has set two executions for the same day. James Duckett, left, and Dominick Occhicone, right, are both scheduled to ...

A 74-year-old man was executed in Florida on Tuesday, making him the oldest inmate executed in Florida's modern history. Dennis Sochor was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m. after a three-drug injection at ...