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- 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
- DECEMBER 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death...
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial
- NOVEMBER 2, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Almost 15 years after being sent to Florida's death...
Almost 15 years after being sent to Florida's death row for the murder of Katrina Graddy, 17, Rudolph Holton, 48, was granted a new trial
- OCTOBER 18, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court declined to open up DNA testing...
The Florida Supreme Court declined to open up DNA testing to inmates who have already pleaded guilty or no contest to criminal charges
- AUGUST 31, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from...
Thomas Thibault, 26, received 3 death sentences from Circuit Judge Marvin U
- AUGUST 24, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate who was a day away from being lethally...
A death row inmate who was a day away from being lethally injected when a judge stayed his execution was resentenced to life in prison
- JULY 10, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court issued new rules designed to...
The state Supreme Court issued new rules designed to streamline and speed up the appeals process for death row inmates
- JULY 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
1 death row inmate, condemned for a 1980 Jacksonville...
1 death row inmate, condemned for a 1980 Jacksonville murder, won a new trial
- JUNE 12, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Jeb Bush approved a law that bans executions of...
Gov. Jeb Bush approved a law that bans executions of mentally retarded prisoners. On May 4, the House passed the bill 110-1
- JUNE 6, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Joaquin Martinez, a Spanish citizen, and former death...
Joaquin Martinez, a Spanish citizen, and former death row inmate was acquitted of all charges at his retrial for a 1995 murder in Florida