Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a death warrant directing that Billy Leon Kearse, convicted in the Jan. 18, 1991, murder of Fort ...

A Florida man who prosecutors say wrestled a police officer’s service weapon away during a 1991 traffic stop and fatally shot him was executed Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his ...

Florida State Attorney discusses death warrant issued for Fort Pierce officer's killer On Jan. 29, 2026, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Billy Kearse, who fatally shot Fort Pierce ...

Marsy’s Law was initially a constitutional amendment that Florida voters approved in 2018. It intended to protect crime ...