A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and his girlfriend during a home invasion robbery was put to death Thursday evening in a record 19th execution in Florida this year.

Frank Walls, convicted of the 1987 murders of Edward Alger and Ann Peterson, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday, Dec.

Florida upped its execution record to 19 after enforcing the death penalty via lethal injection on Frank Athen Walls, 58, at 6:11 p.m. EST.

The 2025 surge in Florida adds to the grim assembly line of state murder, in which the gears of “finality” grind over the complexities of mental illness, military trauma and institutional abuse.

The three inmates who escaped from the DeKalb County jail are back in custody, the sheriff’s office said early Tuesday. No ...

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A manhunt is under way in Georgia for three detainees, including a man convicted of murder, who escaped from an Atlanta-area ...

According to court records, the convict broke into the Florida Panhandle mobile home of Eglin Air Force Base airman Edward Alger and his girlfriend, Ann Peterson, in July 1987 ...

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Authorities say three inmates have escaped from a jail near Atlanta and hijacked a Lyft car to reach south Florida. Court ...

The three inmates who escaped from Georgia's DeKalb County Jail on Monday, including one facing a murder charge, have been apprehended in Florida.