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Undated booking photos show, from left, Dusty Ray Spencer, Dennis Sochor and Dominick Occhicone. | Florida Department of Corrections via AP
July 13, 2026

Can a prisoner be too old to execute? Average age on death row is rising

The last person executed in Florida was 74 years old, and several on death row are in their 80s.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press

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The fence and towers are shown at the Baker Correctional Institution in Sanderson on Aug. 14, 2025. | Gary McCullough, AP file
January 30, 2026

Detainees pepper-sprayed at Deportation Depot

Authorities pepper-sprayed detainees at least twice at the Deportation Depot immigration detention center in Baker County.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press

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Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference, Aug. 12, 2025, in Tampa. | Chris O'Meara, AP file
January 7, 2026

DeSantis wants to redraw Florida’s congressional districts

Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to call a special legislative session to redraw districts before midterm elections.…

By Mike Schneider - Associated Press and David Fischer - Associated Press

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Richard Barry Randolph, 63, is scheduled to die by lethal injection for a murder in Palatka. | Florida Department of Corrections
November 20, 2025

Execution scheduled Thursday in Palatka store killing

The execution of Richard Barry Randolph will be Florida’s 17th this year, a record for a single year.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press

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Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades on July 4, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP file
August 22, 2025

Judge orders shutdown of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said she expects detainees to be transferred to other facilities within 60 days.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press, Mike Schneider - Associated Press and Freida Frisaro - Associated Press

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A protester stands outside the migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Facility on July 12, 2025, in Ochopee. | Alexandra Rodriguez, AP
August 7, 2025

Judge halts construction at Alligator Alcatraz

The immigration detention center can continue to operate, but construction is stopped during a lawsuit.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press

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Michael Bernard Bell was executed Tuesday even for a double murder in Jacksonville. | Florida Department of Corrections via AP
July 16, 2025

Jacksonville man executed for killing 2 outside bar

Michael Bernard Bell became the eighth person executed in Florida this year, matching a modern-era record.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee on March 5, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell, AP
April 30, 2025

Police must stop enforcing immigration law, judge says

A federal judge says Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrongly told local police to ignore a freeze on the law.…

By David Fischer - Associated Press

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People comfort each other on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, where law enforcement responded to a reported active shooter incident Thursday, April 17, 2025. | Kate Payne, AP
April 17, 2025

FSU shooting kills 2 and injures 6; deputy’s son suspected

Police say the 20-year-old gunman used his mother’s former service weapon in the shooting.…

By Kate Payne - Associated Press/Report for America and David Fischer - Associated Press