James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was executed on April 30 at Florida State Prison in Bradford County after being convicted of ...

Hitchcock was put to death for the rape and murder of his brother’s 13-year-old stepdaughter nearly 50 years ago.

A man convicted of killing his brother’s 13 year-old stepdaughter almost 50 years ago has been put to death in the state of ...

The Florida execution of James Hitchcock for the 1976 rape and murder of 13-year-old Cynthia Driggers was carried out April ...

Convicted of first-degree murder, he was sentenced to death in 1977. Years of appeals followed and he was resentenced to ...

First Florida executed James Hitchcock for the 1976 murder of his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter. Then Texas executed ...

A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother’s 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago was ...

Raiford, Florida - A Florida man who has spent nearly half a century on death row was executed by lethal injection on Thursday. James "Erny" Hitchcock is pictured in undated image obtained from the ...

A Florida man, James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was executed Thursday evening for the brutal 1976 murder of his brother's ...