Three Florida men are scheduled to be sent to their deaths in March, with the first execution slated for Tuesday. Billy Leon Kearse, who was sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce ...

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop was executed Tuesday evening in Florida, becoming the third person put to death by the state this ...

We are here at Florida State Prison where Billy Kurst was executed this evening after nearly three decades on death row. It was in January of 1991 when Fort Pierce police officer Danny Parish stopped ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop is set to be Florida’s third execution of 2026, keeping the state on pace to ...

Port St Lucie and Fort Pierce chief at the time of Danny Parrish's slaying, Gil Kerlikowske, remembers novel program. Several other letters.

STARKE, Florida — A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with the officer’s own service weapon during a traffic stop more than three decades ago was executed Tuesday evening at ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Billy Leon Kearse is scheduled to be executed Tuesday at 6 p.m. for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Sgt. Danny Parrish — a killing that has haunted the victim's family, ...

Billy Leon Kearse, convicted in October 1991 in the Jan. 18, 1991, murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, and sentenced to death in March 1997, was executed the evening of March 3 after ...

People gathered outside Florida State Prison before and after the execution of Billy Leon Kearse, the state of Florida’s third execution of the year, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Raiford, Fla.

Billy Leon Kearse is scheduled for execution on March 3 for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish. Kearse was 18 when he shot and killed Parrish during a traffic stop, and was ...