Florida
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- MARCH 16, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Nahume Green was acquitted of the murder of...
Joseph Nahume Green was acquitted of the murder of Judith Miscally
- FEBRUARY 24, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal...
Anthony Brian, 40, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal...
Terry Melvin Sims, 58, white, was put to death by lethal injection
- JANUARY 14, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
The electric chair has ended its days as Florida's...
The electric chair has ended its days as Florida's sole means of execution after a decade that sometimes saw macabre spectacles in the state's death chamber
- JANUARY 1, 2000FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Florida does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- DECEMBER 9, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On December 9, Gov
On December 9, Gov
- SEPTEMBER 24, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On 24 September, in a 4-3 vote, the Florida Supreme...
On 24 September, in a 4-3 vote, the Florida Supreme Court ruled the use of the state's electric chair in executions was constitutional and is not cruel or usual punishment
- JULY 29, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric...
On July 29, in a hearing on the use of the electric chair in Orlando, a pathologist, Dr
- JULY 8, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first...
On July 8, Florida executed Allen Lee Davis, the first man to die in the new electric chair
- JULY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On July 1, 1999, Florida's Catholic bishops called on Gov
On July 1, 1999, Florida's Catholic bishops called on Gov
- MAY 8, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
On May 8, the Florida Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in the...
On May 8, the Florida Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in the case of Keith Brennan that the execution of a defendant who was 16 years old at the time of his crime would be unconstitutional
- MAY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
In May, "Old Sparky," the electric chair that Florida...
In May, "Old Sparky," the electric chair that Florida has used to execute 237 men and one woman since 1923, was retired