Florida courts

Florida Man Challenges Lethal Injection Protocol, Citing Constitutional Flaws

By Hannah KennedyJune 9, 20260 comments

Dusty Ray Spencer, a Florida death row inmate scheduled for execution on June 25, filed a successive motion for post-conviction relief in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. The petition contends that Spencer’s advanced age, medical conditions, and the state’s lethal injection protocol could collectively violate his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

Florida Man on Death Row Claims Innocence, Seeks Execution Stay

By Amaya JonesApril 9, 20260 comments

James E. Hitchcock has filed a motion in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, arguing that withheld execution records, newly developed evidence of innocence, and constitutional violations render his death sentence unlawful and requesting a stay of execution and the vacatur of his conviction and sentence.