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Death Penalty
The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal by Loran Cole, convicted of killing a Florida State University student 3decades ago.
Attorneys for Loran Cole argue his execution should be stayed because of his Parkinson’s disease
Attorneys argue that Florida's lethal injection procedures would cause "needless pain and suffering" from symptoms from Parkinson’s disease.
A condemned killer who was abused at the Dozier School appeals to the Florida Supreme Court
Death Row inmate Loran Cole appealed to the Florida Supreme Court to try to prevent his scheduled Aug. 29 execution.
Jeb Bush says he regrets not revamping the death penalty when he was Florida governor
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush regrets not having time when he was in office to reform Florida’s death penalty process.
Innocent man wrongly convicted of murder urges voters to focus on local elections
Robert DuBoise, a Tampa man who spent 37 years in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, has a message for anyone who wants to help him. “If people want to do something….the most important thing...
Groups argue that a change in Florida's death-penalty process unconstitutionally “silences Black voices.”
Power To The People: race and executions
Forum co-host Annie Miles provoke discussion regarding the death penalty. Is pro-life in contradiction with a pro-death penalty stance? Race, who decides who lives and who dies in Florida and in America is explored. Host...
Pinellas County residents protest Florida’s sixth execution this year
More than 27 years after he sexually assaulted and murdered a woman he met at an Escambia County bar, Michael Zack III was put to death by lethal injection last night at Florida State Prison....
Florida Supreme Court refuses to block execution; rejecting Fetal Alcohol claims
The Florida Supreme Court refused to block the execution of Michael Zack, rejecting arguments that he should be spared the death penalty.
The Scoop: Wed., September 6, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Inmate faces lethal injection Inmate Michael Duane Zack is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on October 3rd. His attorneys have now approached the Florida Supreme Court. Tampa tax hike rejected...
Courts grapple with Florida’s death penalty change
A new state law lowering the number of jurors required to recommend death sentences has spurred a rash of litigation.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for an inmate convicted in the 1996 murder of a woman he met in an Escambia County bar.
