Extreme heat at a Miami-area prison without air conditioning has subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment, according to a federal lawsuit filed in October by the Florida Justice Institute.

A 23-year-old accused of accidentally shooting his niece has been sentenced to 15 years in Florida prison. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 21-year-old posted photos on social media with a gun before ...

The Florida Legislature passed a law replacing that method with an electric chair, which was built by prison inmates. The first person electrocuted by the state was Frank Johnson in 1924 ...

Could Florida be next? The Sunshine State has executed people by electrocution since 1924, and lethal injection was added in 2000. However, a new House bill, HB 903, which calls for sweeping changes ...