TAMPA — A judge has ruled that Hillsborough prosecutors will only need to convince eight jurors, not 12, that Tampa rapper Billy Adams III should receive the death penalty if he is found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Alana Sims. In a three-page order issued last week, Hillsborough Circuit Judge Mark Kiser rejected arguments from Adams’ defense that a new Florida law, which .
After 24 homemade pipe bombs and a murder list were found in a Florida home, Michelle Kolts pleaded guilty on Wednesday to avoid jail time and plans to continue seeking psychiatric treatment instead.