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Death Penalty
Stay sought in scheduled Florida execution
Attorneys for convicted murderer Donald David Dillbeck requested that the Florida Supreme Court issue a stay of execution.
“Between The Dash” on Morning Energy
Death is indiscriminate and it is also inevitable. Unless you have been diagnosis with a terminal disease, most of us will never know what we will die from or when we will take our last...
Lawyers for Florida death row inmate fail to convince another man to testify to his innocence
A man on Florida’s death row was unsuccessful Thursday in getting another man to testify that he is innocent of the crime he was sentenced for. James Dailey is on death row, convicted of murder...
Is Florida death row inmate James Dailey innocent?
James Dailey is on death row for the 1985 murder in Pinellas County of 14-year-old Shelly Boggio; another man was also convicted of the murder who says he acted alone. In October WMNF interviewed an...
“Florida is about to execute an innocent man,” says attorney
“Florida is about to execute an innocent man.” That’s what an attorney with the federal public defender’s office told WMNF News. It’s also the position of the Innocence Project. James Dailey is scheduled to be...
Two bills would end death penalty in Florida
There are two bills in the Florida Legislature to end the use of capital punishment; but the anti-death penalty bills face an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled Legislature. To talk about all issues of the...
Opponents death penalty hold vigils before scheduled Florida execution
The State of Florida is set to execute a death-row prisoner Thursday evening; it would be the 28th execution under Governor Rick Scott, and several vigils are planned in the Tampa Bay area. Mark Elliott...
UPDATED: Man released from death row will lead Pinellas execution vigil
Update: The “August 14th Florida execution of Jose Jimenez has just been stayed by the Florida Supreme Court,” according to FADP. On Tuesday, August 14, the state of Florida plans to execute a death row...
Labeling it as “incredibly bold,” Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King unveiled a criminal justice reform package on Tuesday that included a call to end the death penalty and full support for the legalization of recreational...
Tampa Bay faith leaders call on Bernie McCabe to stop seeking (so many) death sentences
Statistically, Pinellas County is one of the most active counties in the country when it comes to prosecutors asking for the death penalty. At a news conference in Clearwater on Friday, local faith leaders from...
What passed and failed and the 2018 Florida Budget
The proposed Florida State 2018 budget has been sent to the Governor. Educators and citizens are calling on Governor Rick Scott to veto the budget because of the shift of $140 million to private education from...
Death Row Survivor Juan Melendez on Radioactivity Monday
Wrongly convicted Death Row survivor speaks out Host Rob Lorei interviewed Juan Melendez, who spent more that 17 years on Florida’s Death Row before being exonerated and released. Juan is one of 26 innocent people exonerated...
