A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in Florida.

Billy Kearse, convicted of killing a Fort Pierce officer in 1991, faces execution today. His attorneys filed a last-minute ...

Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal injection March 3.

Florida has carried out 19 executions in 2025, surpassing Texas, Alabama and South Carolina combined, and more than doubling ...

Billy Leon Kearse shot police officer Danny Parrish more than a dozen times with the officer’s gun.

With 19 executions last year, Florida more than doubled its own record, and put more people to death than Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina combined. This execution spree came even as Florida’s ...

A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman during a 1989 robbery has become the first person executed in Florida this year.

Billy Leon Kearse is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Sgt. Danny Parrish.

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person executed by the state this year.

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...