Death Row Cases

Harold Gene Lucas has spent nearly 50 years on Florida's death row — longer than anyone else in U.S. history. His execution is scheduled for September 1st, 2026.

In 1976, 24-year-old Lucas shot his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend, Jill Piper, in the yard of her Bonita Springs home — then followed her inside and shot her again. This episode covers the murder, the decades of resentencing that kept his case moving through Florida's courts, the 2016 Supreme Court ruling that came just a few years too late to help him, and the accelerated pace of executions under Governor DeSantis that brought his case to this point.

Death Row Cases covers real death row cases using public court records, appellate rulings, and published news coverage.

He lost his job, his home, and his marriage in the same stretch of months. Then he bought a shotgun, stayed calm on camera, and drove to his estranged wife's family cookout.

On September 22, 2006, William Silvia shot and killed his estranged wife Patricia in front of her family in Seminole County, Florida, and left her mother permanently disfigured. Convicted in 2008 and sentenced to death by an 11-1 jury vote, his case became a direct example of how much Florida's shifting death penalty rules can decide who lives and who doesn't — a legal waiver signed years before a landmark Supreme Court ruling is the reason he never got the second chance roughly 150 other inmates received.

William Silvia is scheduled to be executed by the state of Florida on August 18, 2026.

This episode covers the collapse of his marriage, the domestic violence warning signs that preceded the killing, the trial, the Hurst v. Florida appeal, and the case's path to a 2026 execution date — built entirely from court records, sentencing orders, and published news coverage.

Death Row Cases takes no position on guilt or innocence beyond what the courts have established.

New cases every Monday. Longer cases continue Thursdays.

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He shot her once. Then he waited eight minutes — and shot her again.

Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez is scheduled for execution on August 13, 2026, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, more than two decades after killing Olimpia Fisher, the woman he shared a home with. This is not a case about doubt — he never denied what he did. It's the story of a documented history of domestic violence that no one stopped in time, a jury that found the killing especially cruel, and fifteen years of appeals that never once overturned the verdict.

In this episode of Death Row Cases, we cover:

• Cuesta-Rodriguez's childhood trauma and brain injury in Cuba

• His arrival in the U.S. during the 1980 Mariel boatlift

• A documented pattern of violence against women before the murder

• The killing of Olimpia Fisher and the eight minutes between two gunshots

• The 2007 trial, conviction, and death sentence

• Fifteen years of state and federal appeals

• The 2026 clemency hearing and his final statement to the board

• His scheduled execution on August 13, 2026 — one of three executions across the U.S. that day

Death Row Cases covers real American death penalty cases, built entirely from public court records, appellate rulings, and published news coverage. We take no position on guilt or innocence beyond what the courts have established — our goal is to lay out the facts as clearly and fairly as possible.

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FULL STORY — Anthony Darrell Hines has spent nearly 40 years on Tennessee death row for the 1985 murder of 54-year-old motel maid Katherine Jenkins. His execution is scheduled for August 13, 2026. When police finally caught up with him in 1986, he didn't deny it — he told investigators he'd confess everything if they guaranteed him the death penalty.

This true crime episode covers the full Anthony Darrell Hines case: a childhood of severe abuse in rural Kentucky, a juvenile facility one expert called "psychological torture," and a violent criminal record that surfaced years before Katherine Jenkins ever crossed his path. Then the crime itself — the murder at the CeBon Motel in Kingston Springs, Tennessee, five years on the run, a trial where his own brother became the state's key witness, two separate death sentences, and a legal fight that reached the U.S. Supreme Court in Mays v. Hines. Plus the fallout still unfolding: Tennessee's botched execution of Tony Carruthers, the clemency petition to Governor Bill Lee, and the daughter who says there's still no closure.

One full episode, start to finish — no Part 2 needed. A true crime case file researched from public court records, trial testimony, and published news coverage. No embellishment — only what's been established in court.

Death Row Cases covers real American death row cases: the crimes, the trials, and the legal battles that decide who lives and who dies.

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Jermaine Williams Sr. was sentenced to death in Flagler County, Florida for the murder of his wife, Yolonda Williams, on August 2, 2024. This true crime case covers 30 years of documented domestic abuse, a 2022 domestic violence conviction, surveillance footage of the killing, and Flagler County's first death penalty trial since 2009.

Yolonda Williams worked as a domestic violence care coordinator, helping other survivors while living through decades of abuse herself. She was stabbed to death in the driveway of their Bunnell, Florida home in front of her 14-year-old son. Jermaine Williams was on probation for a prior domestic violence conviction at the time.

This episode covers the full case: the 2022 domestic violence arrest, the August 2024 murder, the 2026 death penalty trial, the psychologist's testimony during the penalty phase, and the jury's 11-1 vote for death. Sentencing by Judge Dawn Nichols is still pending.

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FULL STORY — Jeremy Williams raped and murdered 5-year-old Kamarie Holland in Phenix City, Alabama — then filmed it. Unlike almost every other death row case, Williams pleaded guilty, waived all his appeals, and asked the state to execute him as fast as possible. This is the complete story of how a five-year legal process outpaced death penalty cases that take decades, the disturbing criminal history investigators uncovered across two states, and the daughter, mother, and unresolved cases that may never see a courtroom.

One full episode, start to finish — no Part 2 needed. A true crime case file researched from public court records, trial testimony, and published news coverage. No embellishment — only what's been established in court.

Death Row Cases covers real American death row cases: the crimes, the trials, and the legal battles that decide who lives and who dies.

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James Duckett, a former Florida police officer, always maintained he was innocent. On July 28, 2026, after nearly 40 years on death row, the State of Florida executed him for the 1987 murder of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee.

In Part 2 of this true crime case breakdown, we cover:

• The 1988 trial and the disputed FBI hair-match evidence used to convict him

• The jury's death penalty verdict and sentencing

• Over three decades of appeals, including a witness recantation

• The 2026 DNA testing fight over a decades-old evidence sample — and why the results came back inconclusive

• Two unsolved deaths connected to Duckett's name after his conviction: 14-year-old Jeanifer Shyan Weldon and an unidentified woman found near Lakeland

• Duckett's final hours, his last-minute appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Florida's first double execution in over 60 years

If you're into true crime podcasts, death row documentaries, cold cases, wrongful conviction claims, or Florida crime history, this episode covers one of the most legally complex death penalty cases in decades.

Watch Part 1 for the full story of Teresa McAbee's disappearance and the investigation that led to Duckett's arrest.

Death Row Cases is based on public court records, appellate rulings, and published news coverage. No position is taken on guilt or innocence beyond what has been legally established.

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In 1987, 11-year-old Teresa McAbee walked to a convenience store to buy a pencil. The last person seen with her was the only police officer on duty in her small Florida town that night.

In Part 1 of this two-part case, we cover the disappearance of Teresa McAbee in Mascotte, Florida, the frantic search that followed, and the physical evidence that pointed straight back to Officer James Duckett.

Duckett is scheduled to be executed on July 28, 2026, after nearly forty years on death row.

Part 2 covers the trial, the sentence, and two other unsolved deaths that would later be connected to his name.

Death Row Cases is based on public court records, appellate rulings, and published news coverage. No position is taken on guilt or innocence beyond what has been legally established.

On Monday, we covered the night Dominick Occhicone murdered the parents of his ex-girlfriend in Holiday, Florida — the telephone lines he cut, the doors he broke through, and a jury that voted seven to five for death.

But a conviction isn't the end of a death penalty case. It's often just the beginning.

In Part 2, we follow nearly four decades of legal battles: a cellmate who testified against Occhicone and lied under oath about a deal he'd made with prosecutors, a defense attorney strategy that the prosecution's own expert would later say he regretted, and a Supreme Court ruling that should have helped Occhicone — but didn't, because of a single technical cutoff date.

And then there's where we are right now. Occhicone is eighty years old. He uses a wheelchair. His execution is scheduled for July 28, 2026 — which would make him the oldest person Florida has ever put to death. And on that same day, Florida has scheduled a second execution, which would be a first in the state's history.

Death Row Cases follows real American death row cases in depth, one case at a time, built entirely from public court records, appellate rulings, and published news coverage. We don't take a position on guilt or innocence beyond what a court has established.

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In the early morning hours of June 10, 1986, Dominick Occhicone knocked on his ex-girlfriend's bedroom window in Holiday, Florida. She refused to speak to him and threatened to call the police. He left.

An hour later, he came back.

This time armed. This time, he cut the telephone lines first.

By the time it was over, both of Anita Gerrety's parents were dead — her father shot outside, her mother shot four times inside her own home.

In Part 1 of this case, we cover the murders themselves: who Dominick Occhicone was, the weeks of threats that preceded that night, the arrest that came within hours, and a trial that hinged on one question — can a man be too drunk to premeditate a murder he told multiple people he was planning to commit?

Part 2 goes live Thursday, covering nearly four decades of appeals, a cellmate who lied under oath, and an execution date that would make Occhicone the oldest person Florida has ever put to death.

Death Row Cases follows real American death row cases in depth, one case at a time, built entirely from public court records, appellate rulings, and published news coverage. We don't take a position on guilt or innocence beyond what a court has established.

New cases begin every Monday. Subscribe to follow along.

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