Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years...
Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years, the result of legal and ethical challenges to lethal injection that have temporarily halted executions nationwide.
Florida did not execute any death-row inmates this year for the first time in 25 years, the result of legal and ethical challenges to lethal injection that have temporarily halted executions nationwide.
Florida was under a moratorium for the first six months of the year, after the botched execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 triggered a state commission's review of the lethal injection process.
Gov. Charlie Crist signed a death warrant in July, but the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the execution as part of a national de facto moratorium while it considers the appeals of two Kentucky inmates who are challenging the same lethal three-drug combination of drugs used in Florida.
The most executions in one year in modern times was eight in 1984, and the state has averaged about 2.35 executions a year since 1983. Florida has 388 inmates on death row, including 19 sent there in 2007.
Florida was under a moratorium for the first six months of the year, after the botched execution of Angel Diaz in 2006 triggered a state commission's review of the lethal injection process.
Gov. Charlie Crist signed a death warrant in July, but the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the execution as part of a national de facto moratorium while it considers the appeals of two Kentucky inmates who are challenging the same lethal three-drug combination of drugs used in Florida.
The most executions in one year in modern times was eight in 1984, and the state has averaged about 2.35 executions a year since 1983. Florida has 388 inmates on death row, including 19 sent there in 2007.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press, 29/12/2007)