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with relevance to the death penalty in Florida and Nationally.
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- December 31, 2006 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - Board to study death penalty
- December 31, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - Families of victims frustrated as inmates linger on Death Row
- December 31 , 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Rolling execution closes chapter of area history
- December 30 , 2006 - THE AUSTRALIAN - Time running out for a cruel and unusual punishment
- December 29 , 2006 - CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE - Death penalty support wanes as life without parole gains public favor
- December 28, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Ethics clash with justice in executions
- December 27, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Letters to the Editor: Botched executions hint at the real issue
- December 27, 2006 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - Catholic author to speak - She wrote Dead Man Walking, creating debate about the death penalty
- December 24, 2006 - BERKESHIRE EAGLE - Cruel, unusual and in decline
- December 23, 2006 - THE DAY - Botched Execution Shines Light On Barbaric Aspect Of Death Penalty
- December 23, 2006 - INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE - After an execution, families of condemned often suffer silently
- December 22, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Family denounces botched Florida execution at funeral in Puerto Rico
- December 22, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Bus to Starke to protest executions
- December 22, 2006 - MINNEAPOLIS-St PAUL STAR TRIBUNE - Why not just stop killing the killers?
- December 21, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Death penalty is dehumanizing
- December 21, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - Rolling: The right execution
- December 21, 2006 - Ft WAYNE NEWS SENTINEL - Our humane evolution
- December 20, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Impulse to kill a murderer is wrong
- December 20, 2006 - FLORIDA TODAY - Our view: Executing justice
Use moratorium to start overhaul of flawed Florida death penalty system
- December 19, 2006 - GUARDIAN - Lethal mistakes
- December 19, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Cruel cocktail
- December 19, 2006 - WASHINGTON POST - The Big Needle Stops Dripping
- December 19, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Court rules aspects of execution protocol not properly adopted
- December 19, 2006 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Executions must stop
- December 19, 2006 - BALTIMORE SUN - Court orders lethal injection review
- December 19, 2006 - BOSTON GLOBE - Rethinking the death penalty
- December 18, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Killer's wake planned for Osceola
- December 18, 2006 - NAPLES NEWS - Another look at capital punishment
- December 18, 2006 - FINDLAW - When Executions Go Wrong: A Horribly Botched Florida Killing Adds Strong Impetus to a National Reconsideration of Capital Punishment
- December 17, 2006 - BOSTON GLOBE - Support for US executions seen waning
- December 17, 2006 - USA TODAY - Executions drop as states debate lethal injection
- December 17, 2006 - WESH - Crist Plans To Maintain Moratorium On Executions
- December 17, 2006 - RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER - Double shot to stop the twitching
- December 17, 2006 - THE TELEGRAPH - Killer's agony puts deaths on hold
- December 16, 2006 - BBC RADIO - Audio news clip (req's Real Audio Player)
- December 16, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Botched execution likely painful, doctors say
- December 16, 2006 - LA TIMES - Florida suspends executions after trouble injecting inmate
- December 16, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Gov. Bush orders hold on executions
- December 16, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Gov. Bush suspends all Florida executions
- December 16, 2006 - THE INDEPENDENT - Botched killing puts Death Row on hold
- December 16, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Florida halts executions; California judge declares injection method unconstitutional
- December 16, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - State death penalty halted
- December 16, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Gov. Bush halts executions
- December 16, 2006 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - Executions In U.S. Reach Lowest Level In A Decade
- December 15, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - Lengthy execution sparks protests from state death-penalty opponents
- December 15, 2006 - CNN - Florida executions halted after botched injection
- December 15, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Bush orders in-depth look at Diaz execution
- December 15, 2006 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Execution Puts Crist To Test
- December 14, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Witness: Florida inmate seemed like he 'would never die'
- December 13, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Execution of Fla. Inmate Takes 34 Min.
- December 13, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Executed man takes 34 minutes to die
- December 13, 2006 - REUTERS - Florida executes strip club killer for 1979 murder
- December 13, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Strip club manager killer set to die
- December 13, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Evidence questioned ahead of execution
- December 12, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Death-penalty case inspires protest in Puerto Rico
- December 11, 2006 - NEWS-4-JAX - Inmate's Attorneys Fight Against Execution
- December 10, 2006 - US NEWSWIRE - DOJ: The Number of Death Row Inmates Declined for Fifth Straight Year During 2005
- December 9, 2006 - JACKSONVILLE TIMES-UNION - Crist expected to continue Bush pace in executions
- December 8, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court rejects appeals of killer set to die Wednesday
- December 7, 2006 - US NEWSWIRE - Amnesty International USA Urges Commutation of Angel Diaz's Death Sentence in Florida
- December 5, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Inmate's lawyers: State law unconstitutionally bars federal lawsuit
- December 2, 2006 - WTSP - Miami judge denies evidentiary hearing, stay of execution for Diaz
- December 2, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Tattletail trouble
- November 28, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Incompetence ruling leaves killer in limbo
- November 27, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Miami killer asks Supreme Court to block his execution
- November 23, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - His turn for turning the other cheek
- November 21, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - If the state must kill
- November 15, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Governor signs off on death warrant
- November 14, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Freed Death Row inmate goes back to prison
- November 13, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Death Penalty
- November 6, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Murder, execution is a vicious cycle
- November 5, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Legal challenges delayed but failed to halt executions
- October 29, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Easy executions like Rolling's leave difficult questions for us to deal with
- October 29, 2006 - SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE - Rolling got one last moment of narcissism
- October 27, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Each execution makes us face hard questions
- October 26, 2006 - FLORIDA ALLIGATOR - Crowds praised, protested death
- October 25, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Protesters, media gather near prison for Rolling's execution
- October 25, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Circus maximus
- October 26, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Rolling executed
- October 26, 2006 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - Danny Rolling dies for 5 brutal killings
- October 26, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Brief profiles of serial killer Danny Harold Rolling's victims
- October 25, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Reaction to Danny Rolling's execution
- October 25, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Killer Danny Rolling sings at his execution
- October 25, 2006 - FIRST COAST NEWS - Rolling Killed My Baby-sitter
- October 25, 2006 - FLORIDA ALLIGATOR - Beyond the slain
- October 25, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Rolling will die, then what?
- October 24, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Attention to Rolling case spurs criticism
- October 24, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Big death-penalty rallies for both sides expected
- October 23, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Families brace for Rolling's death
- October 22, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - MAYO: As killer’s date with death nears, families relive pain
- October 22, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Florida not colorblind in capital cases
- October 19, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Rolling appeal is turned down
- October 19, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL - Killer dies in death chamber
- October 19, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - State executes convicted killer
- October 19, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - State executes Rutherford for 1985 murder of Milton widow
- October 18, 2006 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Work Familiar To Lawyers On Both Sides Of Rolling Case
- October 18, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Court rejects challenge to death penalty
- October 18, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Policy fight roils death row cases
- October 17, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Rutherford attorneys say state changed procedures
- October 17, 2006 - FIRST COAST NEWS - Former War Vet Makes Final Appeal For His Life
- October 17, 2006 - LAKELAND LEDGER - In Florida, Death Penalty Takes a Majority
- October 16, 2006 - FLORIDA TODAY - Stay of execution unlikely
- October 14, 2006 - Ft MYERS NEWS-PRESS - Upcoming execution would further fray battle
- October 13, 2006 - ALL HEADLINE NEWS - Florida Supreme Court Denies Appeal For Death Row Inmate: Execution Set For Oct. 18
- October 12, 2006 - CATHOLIC ONLINE - Death penalty no antidote to violence, Fla. bishops state, urging guv to stay executions
- October 12, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Supreme Court rejects Rutherford appeal, Rolling case pending
- October 12, 2006 - INSTITUTE FOR SOUTHERN STUDIES - Death penalty system broken in Florida and other Southern states
- October 12, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Spurned by area judge, Rolling to appeal to state high court
- October 11, 2006 - HARTFORD COURANT - Florida's Death Penalty Flawed
- October 11, 2006 - NEWS 4 JAX - As Judge Denies Rolling's Appeal, Former Cop Remembers Slayings
- October 10, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Fix Florida's death penalty to assure justice done
- October 10, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Portrait of a (dead) criminal and his quest to stay alive
- October 9, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Florida must revise death penalty process
- September 29, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Bid to halt execution says death penalty is flawed
- September 27, 2006 - Ft MYERS NEWS-PRESS - The State of Florida wronged ex-death row inmates
- September 26, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - A high moral, economic price
- September 26, 2006 - INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY - Florida Death Penalty System Criticised
- September 25, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Justice random as a lightning bolt
- September 25, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Injection as lethal torture
- September 24, 2006 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Death Penalty A Conundrum For Christians
- September 23, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Gov. Bush signs Rolling death warrant
- September 21, 2006 - BALTIMORE SUN - Uncertainty on execution team
- September 21, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Hill executed, but leaves legal questions behind
- September 21, 2006 - GUARDIAN - Florida prisoner executed after court rejects cruelty claim
- September 21, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - A faulty death penalty
- September 21, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Hill executed - Death brings little relief to victim's family
- September 21, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Fix the death penalty
- September 21, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - After 24 years, Hill put to death
- September 21, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Convicted cop killer put to death in Florida
- September 21, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Convicted cop-killer is put to death
- September 21, 2006 - CHINA POST - Florida to execute killer despite debate
- September 20, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Death equity
- September 20, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Facing death, Hill says injection cruel, unusual
- September 19, 2006 - REUTERS - Florida to execute killer despite debate
- September 19, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Hill may be executed with lethal injection issues still unresolved
- September 19, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Bush defends death penalty
- September 19, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Before execution, be absolutely sure
- September 19, 2006 - ALL AMERICAN PATRIOTS - Human Rights Watch Urges Governor Jeb Bush to Postpone the Execution of Clarence Hill
- September 19, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Cop killer's fate in hands of top court
- September 19, 2006 - JURIST - Florida death row inmate asks Supreme Court to stay execution again
- September 19, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Execution nears as issue remains
- September 19, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - For third time, Hill faces death
- September 19, 2006 - NEW YORK TIMES - States Await Ruling on Use of Lethal Injection
- September 19, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Convict has one day, and one appeal, left
- September 19, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Condemned Fla. inmate hopes for 2nd stay
- September 19, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Death Row Appeal Returns To High Court
- September 18, 2006 - US NEWSWIRE - Amnesty International USA Condemns Florida's Rush to Execute
- September 18, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Hill asks U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution again
- September 18, 2006 - FLORIDA TODAY - Hill is a step closer to death by injection
- September 17, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Study calls for reform of death penalty
- September 15, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Lawyer: Cop killer's death sentence could be carried out
- September 13, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Davis apologizes for vote
- September 12, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Davis acknowledges mistake in 1990 Pitts, Lee vote
- September 8, 2006 - FLORIDA ALIGATOR - Capital punishment is costly, immoral
- September 3, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Will execution Bush wants take place?
- August 29, 2006 - Ft. LAUDERDALE SUN SENTINEL - Report criticizes Death Row lawyer's handling of state office, taxpayer money
- August 28, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Davis discusses 'bad vote' with black voters
- August 25, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - 40-year-old murder case becomes issue in governor's race
- August 21, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Death penalty shouldn't hinge only on witnesses
- August 20, 2006 - Ft MYERS NEWS PRESS - Jeb sets execution date to force court action
- August 18, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Gov. Bush reinstates Hill death warrant although appeal pending
- July 17, 2006 - U.S. Newswire - AMA: Physician Participation in Lethal Injection Violates Medical Ethics
- July 16, 2006 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - Missouri Says It Can't Find Execution Doctor
- July 13, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Governor's excuse is hardly believable
- July 13, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Arbitrariness undermines integrity of justice system
- July 1, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Convicted murderer gets what he wants: a Death Row cell
- June 28, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Court rejects Rolling appeal
- June 16, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Don't wait for court to say it's cruel
- June 15, 2006 - FLORIDA TODAY - Our view: A broken system
- June 13, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Court OKs injections appeal
- June 13, 2006 - SUN SENTINNEL - Florida Death Row inmate wins right to challenge lethal injection
- June 13, 2006 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Life, Death Row Battle Hinges On State Money
- June 8, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Memories fail wrongly accused; so does Florida
- June 6, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Court says Crosby is fair game for suit
- June 3, 2006 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - No immunity for ex-corrections secretary
- May 17, 2006 - NEW YORK TIMES - DNA Is Good for the Soul
- May 16, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Injection can quell debate between supporters, foes
- May 15, 2006 - LAW.COM - State Officials Appeal to Fla. Supreme Court on Attorney Fee Caps
- May 8, 2006 - SLATE - Barely lethal
- May 8, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - How can you choose who dies?
- May 4, 2006 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Report: Inmate wrongly executed
- May 4, 2006 - INNOCENCE PROJECT - Innocence Project Submits Two Arson Cases to Texas Commission and Requests System-Wide Review
- Filing Marks First Time an Empowered State Entity Has Been Given Scientific Evidence that an Innocent Person Was Executed
- May 1, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Of pain and punishment
- April 29, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Drop the DNA deadline
- April 29, 2006 - Ft LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL - Majority still rules in death penalty cases, but for how long?
- April 28, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Kill DNA deadline
- April 27, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Justices hear out Hill case
- April 27, 2006 - LAW.COM - Supreme Court Looks at Humaneness of Lethal Injections
- April 27, 2006 - LA TIMES - High Court Is of Two Minds on Lethal Injection
- April 26, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Top court looks at Fla. death row
- April 23, 2006 - FLORIDA TODAY - Death penalty on court docket
- April 21, 2006 - REUTERS - North Carolina executes man despite injection doubts
- April 18, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Defense: medical deposition critical to lethal injection argument
- April 12, 2006 - NEW YORK TIMES - Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection
- April 10, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - A matter of law and death
- April 6, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Late changes snag inmate DNA bill
- March 27, 2006 - ANGUS REID - Majority in U.S. Supports Death Penalty
- March 27, 2006 - U. S. NEWSWIRE - National Jury Center Reports 139 Death Sentences in 2005
- March 27, 2006 - BOSTON GLOBE - A doctor rethinks the ethics of execution
- March 26, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Attorney speaks out on death penalty
- March 10, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - DNA bill is a life-and-death race
- March 9, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Kyle says death-penalty law fine as is
- March 9, 2006 - ORLANDO CHANNEL 6 - House Resolution Would Reject Unanimous Death Recommendations
- March 5, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Should he have been set free?
- March 2, 2006 - WASHINGTON TIMES - Death-row inmate awaits ruling on execution method
- February 28, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Errors at trial - Overturning Florida's wrongful convictions
- February 27, 2006 - DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER - John Ballard is 123rd death row inmate freed
- February 27, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court refuses to broaden death penalty review
- February 25, 2006 - NAPLES NEWS - Ballard walks out of prison a free man, returning home to Naples
- February 25, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - John Robert Ballard leaves state prison
- February 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Lethal injection for executions under scrutiny across the country
- February 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - John Robert Ballard remains at a state prison
- February 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fla. Supreme Court Acquits Condemned Man
- February 24, 2006 - NAPLES NEWS - Court overturns conviction of Collier man on death row
- February 24, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - Supreme Court acquits murder convict
- February 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court acquits condemned inmate, citing weak evidence
- February 23, 2006 - Ft MYERS NEWS-PRESS - State overturns Collier murder conviction
- February 21, 2006 - MERCURY REGISTER - Medical ethics take center stage in execution
- February 21, 2006 - TIMES ONLINE - Death row protest by doctors stirs new debate
- February 13, 2006 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - No Fame For A Killer
- February 10, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Head of Florida prison system resigns under pressure
- February 10, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - With latest denial, Rolling exhausts regional appeals
- February 10, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Autopsy reports expose cruelty of lethal injection
- February 9, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court upholds murder conviction but orders new appeal
- February 9, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - German accused of killing girlfriend asks Fl. court for new trial
- February 9, 2006 - FLORIDA ON THE LINE - Death Penalty & Lethal Injection
- February 7, 2006 - GSU SIGNAL ONLINE - A Gentle Death?
- February 6, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - Florida's execution process faces death knell
- February 2, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Court review halts state executions
- February 1, 2006 - REUTERS - High Court Halts Man's Execution
- February 1, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court halts execution of killer of Panhandle woman
- February 1, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Death penalty opponents photo
- February 1, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Again, high court halts a Florida execution
- February 1, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Killer's life is spared
- January 31, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court blocks Florida execution
- January 31, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Supreme Court blocks Rutherford execution
- January 31, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Rutherford still proclaims his innocence
- January 31, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Significant events in case of Arthur Rutherford
- January 31, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Execution Nears For Killer Of Panhandle Woman
- January 30, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Federal court denies Rutherford appeal, another pending
- January 29, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Case might slow executions
- January 27, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Florida Supreme Court denies condemned inmate a new trial
- January 26, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Lawyer: New evidence points to innocence of condemned inmate
- January 26, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - An unlikely champion in execution fight
- January 26, 2006 - THE STATE - Supreme Court halts execution, agrees to examine civil rights claim
- January 26, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Rutherford's daughter asks clemency from Bush, Cabinet
- January 26, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Death method may go on trial
- January 26, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Killer spared through April
- January 26, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Final justice
- January 25, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Hill hearing could affect nation's death penalty
- January 25, 2006 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - High court stays inmate's execution; impact could be far-reaching
- January 25, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Update 3: Supreme Court to Hear Death Row Appeal
- January 25, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court blocks execution of Florida inmate
- January 25, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Hill awaits Supreme Court decision on whether he'll be executed
- January 25, 2006 - Ft MYERS NEWS PRESS - Cop-killer's execution could stay on hold
- January 25, 2006 - PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL - Court halts execution
- January 25, 2006 - MIAMI HERALD - As high-level witnesses wait, execution is halted
- January 25, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - High court halts Hill's execution
- January 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Execution delayed for robber who killed Pensacola officer
- January 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court steps in to block Florida execution
- January 24, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court steps in to block Florida execution
- January 23, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Robber who killed Pensacola officer in 1982 set for execution
- January 23, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Significant events in Clarence Hill case
- January 23, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Man exonerated by DNA evidence walks free after 24 years
- January 23, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - The death penalty: Does it work?
- January 23, 2006 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Lethal injection stirs new debate
- January 19, 2006 - BRADENTON HERALD - Catholic bishops ask Bush to withdraw death warrants
- January 19, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Killer off death row, as victim's kin asked
- January 18, 2006 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Florida Supreme Court denies Death Row appeal
- January 17, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Supreme Court upholds Florida's lethal injection procedure
- January 14, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - DNA evidence clears St. Petersburg man in 1981 rape, robbery
- January 14, 2006 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Seeking death penalty a trying process
- January 12, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Man sentenced to death in retired Pensacola officer's slaying
- January 12, 2006 - PALM BEACH POST - DNA twists the death penalty
- January 11, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - High court told Florida lethal injection method cruel punishment
- January 6, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Judge rejects Rutherford appeal, lawyer seeks rehearing
- January 6, 2006 - FLORIDA TODAY - Nuns vow to fight death penalty
- January 6, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - The ultimate decision
- January 4, 2006 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Two Death Row inmates file appeals to challenge scheduled executions
- January 2, 2006 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS JOURNAL - 'Eye for an eye' was counsel for restraint, not license to kill
- January 2, 2006 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Blind vengeance - Death penalty counters church's teachings
- January 1, 2006 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - No more defending the death penalty