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'Nah, I'm Straight': James Robertson's Chilling Final Reply After Killing Cellmate To Get Death Penalty

Florida executed James Robertson, who pleaded guilty to killing his cellmate in 2008 because he wanted a death sentence instead of life imprisonment.

International Business Times UK · Oct 14

Death row inmate killed by lethal injection days after Christa Pike’s botched execution

James Robertson's execution came at a time of escalating attention on the death penalty in the U.S.

The Independent UK · Oct 13

How executions have risen under Trump despite wave of states abolishing death penalty

Capital punishment carried out 47 times in 2025 and 28 times so far this year, a trend that comes despite 11 states abolishing the practice over the last two decades

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Aileen Wuornos: America’s ‘first female serial killer’

Aileen Wuornos murdered at least six men along the Florida highways in late 1989 and 1990

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2023

Who was ‘America’s first female serial killer’ Aileen Wuornos?

Aileen Wuornos murdered at least six men along the Florida highways in late 1989 and 1990

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Inmate executed for 1996 murders of two women he met in Florida bars a day apart

Michael Duane Zack declined a last meal offered to him, the Department of Corrections said

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

People in Florida prisons will get free calls for good behavior in new program

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Corrections plans to allocate $1 million to a new program that will make a small number of phone calls free for people serving time in prison who display good behavior.

Orlando Sentinel · Jun 27, 2023

Florida death row inmate Donald Dillbeck uses last words to slam Ron DeSantis

Donald Dillbeck claimed the Florida governor “put his foot on our necks” as he was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of mother of two Faye Vann

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2023

Florida death row inmate slams Ron DeSantis with his last words: ‘He has done a lot worse’

Donald Dillbeck claimed the Florida governor “put his foot on our necks” as he was executed by lethal injection for the 1990 murder of mother of two Faye Vann

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Florida Department of Corrections overrules rejection of journalist’s memoir about her time in prison

ORLANDO, Fla. — A book that was banned from being circulated inside correctional facilities across Florida will soon be hitting the library shelves in state-run prisons.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 16, 2023