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- MAY 17, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James...
Circuit Judge Peter Dearing sentenced to death James Belcher, 41, for the 1996 death of 29-year-old Jennifer Embry
- MAY 4, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow...
The state legislature passed a measure that will allow Floridians to have a chance to put the death penalty in the state constitution
- MAY 1, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmates and people convicted of other serious...
Death row inmates and people convicted of other serious crimes will have a new chance to prove their innocence using DNA evidence under legislation the House approved
- APRIL 19, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Daniel Perry put a hold on Wayne Tompkins'...
Circuit Judge Daniel Perry put a hold on Wayne Tompkins' scheduled death by lethal injection May 1 and ordered a new sentencing hearing
- APRIL 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A death row inmate condemned for the 1996 murders of...
A death row inmate condemned for the 1996 murders of an Air Force technician and her baby must be tried again, the Florida Supreme Court ruled
- APRIL 4, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The House passed HB 1705 to ban the execution of those...
The House passed HB 1705 to ban the execution of those who commit capital crimes before the age of 18
- MARCH 9, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
A former death row inmate was resentenced to death...
A former death row inmate was resentenced to death for a Jacksonville murder at a grocery store seven years ago
- FEBRUARY 28, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutors are investigating whether a top Broward...
Prosecutors are investigating whether a top Broward County sheriff's detective made up evidence against Frank Lee Smith, a Fort Lauderdale man who spent 14 years on Florida's death row for a murder he did not commit
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction...
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of a man on death row for 16 years and ordered a new trial "without delay
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The Florida Bar's Board of Governors sent a proposal...
The Florida Bar's Board of Governors sent a proposal the Florida Supreme Court asking the court to consider the issue of allowing anyone already convicted of a crime to be given 2 years to seek DNA testing
- FEBRUARY 6, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
An Army veteran diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War...
An Army veteran diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War illness was sentenced to death for killing 3 children with a shotgun
- JANUARY 25, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The brother of US President George W Bush is to re-examine...
The brother of US President George W Bush is to re-examine the case of a Londoner who has been on death row for 14 years