Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 9, 1999
Florida

On December 9, Gov

On December 9, Gov

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On December 9, Gov. Jeb Bush and legislative leaders scheduled a special session for January 5-7, 2000 to get the legislature's approval to let condemned killers choose to die by lethal injection. Besides changing the method of execution, lawmakers would try to reform the capital appeals process to impose a 5-year limit between a killer's death sentence and execution.
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