David Joseph Pittman's execution is the 31st in the U.S. this year, a 10-year high largely being driven by a record year in Florida.

Pittman, 63, spent more than 34 years on Death Row after being convicted in 1991 for the stabbing deaths of Clarence and ...

The Florida Supreme Court is set to hear a last-minute appeal from David Joseph Pittman, a man on death row since 1991, who claims he is intellectually disabled and therefore exempt from execution.

Florida’s death penalty laws come under scrutiny as the state ramps up executions. Amid a record-breaking year for executions in Florida, death penalty reform campaigners press for changes to the ...

COLUMBIA — An inmate on South Carolina’s death row for 26 years is again seeking to fire his attorneys and withdraw his appeals, expediting his execution. James Robertson. (Provided/SC Department of ...

Florida’s death penalty laws come under scrutiny as the state ramps up executions. Amid a record-breaking year for executions in Florida, death penalty reform campaigners press for changes to the ...