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Louis Gaskin became the 101st person executed in Florida since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976. He had been sentenced to death for the murder of a north Florida couple in 1989.
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Research shows the average time between sentencing and execution has increased by two-thirds in the past 20 years.
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Former prosecutors and judges say Toforest Johnson's murder conviction was based on shaky evidence. The case is getting a new look as district attorneys review the integrity of past prosecutions.
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As the Trump administration accelerates the pace of federal executions in its final days, some Democrats are feeling more urgency to push the president-elect to act upon taking office.
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Opposition to the death penalty is "a teaching that deserves our respect," says Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley. "I don't think it can be simply disregarded."
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The case of Nathaniel Woods garnered national attention, including from Martin Luther King III — the son of the late civil rights leader — who was among those who fought to block the execution.
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The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that unanimous jury recommendations are not necessary before death sentences can be imposed, as justices backed…
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The Florida Supreme Court on Friday turned down appeals by 10 longtime Death Row inmates, as it continued rejecting batches of similar cases.The court has…
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Death Row inmate Michael Lambrix was set to become the second person in the state of Florida to be executed this year, as of Thursday evening. The state…
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While the state of Florida is set to execute the first person in more than a year and a half, 150 other Death Row inmates await new sentences.The death…
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The state of Florida is poised to execute the first person in more than a year and a half this Thursday, August 24. Mark Asay was convicted in 1988 of…
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Florida keeps inching closer to having a working death penalty in the state.This week, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee overwhelmingly approved a…