A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is scheduled to receive a ...

Convicted of beating and choking the teenager to death nearly five decades ago, Hitchcock offered a brief final statement ...

In a sweeping 34-page ruling issued Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court blocked the imminent execution of James Aren Duckett, ...

James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. As of Wednesday, his only reprieve lies with the ...

By Jonathan Allen April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution ...

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp ...

Killer says goodbye to friend in final words before execution for teen’s murder - James Ernest Hitchcock was executed for the ...