A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple’s toddler was put to death Thursday in the state's first execution of the year.

James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison. He was ...

According to court documents, Ford attacked Gregory Malnory after the group arrived to go fishing, shooting him in the head with a .22-caliber rifle, beating him with an axe-like blunt instrument and ...