A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a 1989 robbery has become the first person executed in Florida this ...

MIAMI — A 64-year-old man convicted of murdering a traveling salesman was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday in ...

Amid execution, Ronald Heath and Melvin Trotter allege that the Florida Department of Corrections has violated its lethal ...

Ronald Palmer Heath was convicted in 1990 of first-degree murder, robbery with a death weapon and multiple forgery charges.

Following a record 19 executions in Florida last year, Ronald Heath is scheduled Tuesday to be the first person put to death ...

Ronald Palmer Heath is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6:00 p.m. today at Florida State Prison, marking the state’s ...

Florida is set to carry out its first execution of the year, with Ronald Heath to be executed for a murder committed in 1989.

In 2025, the United States saw a surge in executions after a period of decline. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 47 people were put to death in 11 […] The post There was a surge in ...

On the eve of Florida's first execution of 2026, churches and people of faith across Florida are speaking out against the death penalty, an issue they feel stands in opposition to their religious and ...

Florida's first execution of 2026 is scheduled for Ronald Palmer Heath on February 10. Heath was convicted in 1990 for the 1989 murder and robbery of a traveling salesman in Gainesville. Florida set a ...

Florida executed its first prisoner of 2026 on Tuesday evening, a man twice convicted in separate murders 12 years apart and ...