July 15
FLORIDA:
Death row inmate requests electric chair, Florida law may make it possible
Considered among the most dangerous inmates, Action News met with Wayne Doty in
a small room at Florida's death row. Despite his wrists being shackled,
security still watched his every move.
July 15
FLORIDA:
New video shows murder suspect escaping Broward County Courthouse
Deputies are searching for a murder suspect who escaped the Broward County
Courthouse.
Authorities say Dayonte Resiles slipped out of his jail jumpsuit and handcuffs
and escaped at 9:30 a.m. from the
Oct. 6
FLORIDA:
Jury Recommends Death Penalty in Joel Lebron Case; The jury deliberated 2 hours
before reaching the recommendation
A jury has recommended the death penalty for a man convicted in the brutal rape
and murder of a Miami teen and the attempted murder of her boyfriend.
Nov. 18
FLORIDA:
Jurors should be unanimous in recommending death sentence
Even the most ardent opponents of capital punishment were hard-pressed to feel
much sympathy for Oba Chandler, one of Florida's most notorious murderers. On
Tuesday, the state finally executed him, as a
Oct. 12
FLORIDA:
State to seek death penalty in DeBary Burger King
The State Attorney's Office will seek the death penalty against a man accused
of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend last month at the DeBary Burger King
where she worked.
The state formally filed paperwork
May 6
FLORIDA:
ACLU to host death penalty presentation
Florida leads the nation in death row exonerations 26 since 1973.
But with the rapidly growing prison population approaching 93,000, the 3rd
highest in the country, members of the Innocence Project of Florida
believe their mission
May 26
FLORIDA:
Court backs man's death sentence
The state's highest court has denied a local man's effort to have his
death sentence tossed on the grounds that he is mentally retarded.
The inmate, Melvin Trotter, 45, who fatally stabbed a 70-year-old woman
during a robbery of a
April 20
FLORIDA:
Killer avoids death penalty, gets life termMichael Locascio was
sentenced to 3 consecutive life terms in prison, plus 30 years, for
killing his sister-in-law.
The judge called it a text-book case for the death penalty.
But the jurors recommended Michael Locascio's
March 31
FLORIDA:
Ray Facing Death Penalty
Quinton Ray is facing the possibility of the death penalty for allegedly
murdering his estranged wife, Sue Ann. The 2 were embroiled in a custody
battle over their 6-year-old daughter.
Ray's father is also charged with helping to bury Sue Anns
Oct. 24
FLORIDA:
'Florida's system is arbitrary and capricious'
The state of Florida's current capital-punishment system is seriously
flawed and unconstitutional. When I was U.S. attorney, my most difficult
decision was to recommend that my office seek the death penalty.
Fortunately, I
August 8
FLORIDA:
A QUESTION OF JUSTICE20 years after a man's execution, doubts over his
guilt haunt case; Some legal experts say that since the death penalty's
return in the 1970s, at least 38 executions have occurred despite
indications of innocence or strong doubt of guilt. James
Nov. 6
FLORIDA:
State justices reject man's death sentence
The state Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of a man in the
slaying of his cellmate because the trial judge refused to excuse a former
death row guard from the jury.
The death sentence a prison inmate received for
Dec. 28
FLORIDA:
DEATH ROW INMATEGrant Zeigler an opportunity to prove his innocence
Over the weekend, William Tommy Zeigler, a lifelong Christian who joined
the Catholic Church earlier this year, spent his 29th Christmas on
Florida's Death Row. Who can comprehend the grief of having
Feb. 12
FLORIDA:
Justice after Dedgecompensation system for state's mistakes
Florida took more than 20 years to offer compensation to Freddie Lee Pitts
and Wilbert Lee, who spent 12 years on death row after being wrongfully
accused.
Wilton Dedge, released last year after spending 22
Feb. 24
FLORIDAnew death sentence
Jury recommends death for convict in Dollar Store slayings
In Deland, a jury recommended the death sentence Thursday for a
manager-in-training at a Dollar General store who was convicted last week
of killing two store cashiers in a botched effort to
March 10
FLORIDA:
Prosecutors planning to seek death penalty
Prosecutors have filed court papers saying they will seek the death
penalty for the man accused of killing a Lake County deputy sheriff and
wounding 2 others.
State Attorney Brad King filed a notice March 2 in Lake County
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