Stephan Sterns will avoid possible execution after entering a guilty plea to charges of murder and sexual battery.

A man accused of raping and murdering his girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter in central Florida last year is expected to plead guilty in the horrific crime.

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The man accused of sex crimes and murdering 13-year-old Madeline Soto is expected to be in court on Monday. Stephan Sterns is expected to take a plea deal to avoid the death ...

Bates, 67, is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Aug. 19 at Florida State Prison. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant last Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute takes ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes into effect Aug. 5.

More than 43 years after Janet White was abducted from a Bay County insurance office and murdered, Gov. Ron DeSantis on ...

More than 43 years after Janet White was abducted from a Bay County office and murdered, Gov. DeSantis signed a death warrant ...

With one prisoner executed this week and another set to be executed this month, Gov. Ron DeSantis will achieve the dubious ...

Michael Robert Schnitzerling, 34, is set to go on trial Monday for the murder of Bruce Salituri and the attempted murder of ...

Florida executed a man this week and is scheduled to put another to death this month, setting a modern-day record for the state and underscoring an unsettling trend for the nation. Michael Bell was ...