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- MAY 6, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
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- MARCH 27, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old...
A Florida court lifted the death sentence on a 63-year-old British businessman, Krishna Maharaj, who has spent 15 years in prison for a double murder that hundreds of supporters are convinced he did not commit
- MARCH 7, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Donny Crook, condemned to death for the 1996 murder...
Donny Crook, condemned to death for the 1996 murder of 59-year-old Betty Spurlock 6 years ago, must have a new sentencing hearing, the state Supreme Court said
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Lamar Brooks , 29, stood without emotion as a judge...
Lamar Brooks , 29, stood without emotion as a judge again gave him 2 death sentences for murdering of Rachel Carlson, 23, and her 3-month-old daughter, Alexis Stuart
- FEBRUARY 15, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
3 prison guards were acquitted on charges they stomped...
3 prison guards were acquitted on charges they stomped an inmate to death in his cell to keep him from exposing brutality behind bars
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Linroy Bottoson, scheduled for February...
The execution of Linroy Bottoson, scheduled for February 5, was stayed by the U
- JANUARY 24, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court ordered the re-sentencing of...
The state Supreme Court ordered the re-sentencing of the oldest person on Florida's death row, saying his trial judge erroneously thought he didn't want any mitigating evidence presented
- JANUARY 23, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Amos King, who was scheduled for execution on January...
Amos King, who was scheduled for execution on January 24, was granted a stay of execution by the U
- JANUARY 9, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Tallahssee city approved a resolution for a moratorium...
Tallahssee city approved a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions
- JANUARY 3, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Juan Roberto Melendez was released from Union Correctional...
Juan Roberto Melendez was released from Union Correctional Institution after having spent 17 years and 8 months on Florida's death row in Raiford for a murder to which another man had confessed
- JANUARY 1, 2002FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
Florida does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- DECEMBER 20, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the capital conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the capital conviction of Joseph Ramirez, saying it was based on the "extraordinary claim" of a police technician who testified that he could identify the murder weapon as the defendant's knife to the exclusion of ever