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‘Buried alive’ defendant Tiffany Cole, who may return to death row, ‘can’t believe’ more people didn’t testify on her behalf

Cole’s death sentence was overturned by the Florida Supreme Court in 2017 because it was not a unanimous verdict. A newly-comprised court reversed that decision.

Defendant in buried alive case oversaw creation of death pit, prosecutor says

The Pensacola area plays a big role in Floridas Death Row. The first woman to executed was a Gulf Breeze woman, while the 3 women on death row today includes a Pensacola woman.

A 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated Florida’s death penalty process. As a result, the state has been forced to revisit all death sentences since 2002.

Man convicted of murdering a Jacksonville couple buy burying them alive will face the death penalty.

Armfuls of evidence, including shovels used to bury an elderly couple alive in 2005, were part of a discovery haul brought in for the resentencing of Alan Wade.

In the case of Michael Jackson and Alan Wade, both convicted in Jacksonville buried alive case that killed elderly couple, sentencing will be severed