A critical factor in the jury’s deliberation was the timing of the crime relative to a new Florida law. While a 2023 law allows a jury to recommend death with at least 8 out of 12 jurors ...

A man picked up a 14-year-old girl in the middle of the night, asked if she was having sex, then killed her in a vacant field, Florida authorities said. Ronny Tremel Walker, 47, now faces the ...