Selected news articles and commentary
with relevance to the death penalty in Florida and Nationally.
These articles are posted here as an educational service without permission but with full attribution and, when possible, links to the original source of the material. Items are posted with the most recent at the top. This page will be updated regularly, but not necessarily every day. Please check back regularly.
- June 2, 2009 - CBS BROADCASTING - Death Row's Marek Fights For Life In Broward Court
- May 31, 2009 - NEW YORK TIMES - Death Penalty Disgrace
- May 30, 2009 - THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - There's no right way to execute
- May 28, 2009 - DAYTON BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Death penalty consequences
- May 27, 2009 - INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC NEWS - Cardinal calls for USA and China to abolish death penalty
- May 23, 2009 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Florida must abolish flawed death penalty
- May 22, 2009 - PALM BEACH POST - Children live with the heartbreak of parents on Death Row
- May 22, 2009 - THE FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Death penalty debate may come down to money, innocence
- May 21, 2009 - THE MIAMI HERALD - Block executions, lawyers for 2 inmates ask Florida Supreme Court
- May 20, 2009 - THE ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS - Global Day of Action Held for Troy Davis
- May 19, 2009 - SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - Only Florida's governors can say how they pick execution order
- May 19, 2009 - SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - State concedes new trial to Death Row inmate after allegations his judge, prosecutor met at dinner
- May 19, 2009 - THE HUFFINGTON POST - Amnesty International: Innocence, Schminnocence. We've Got an Execution to Put On.
- May 11, 2009 - SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - Florida Supreme Court postpones John Richard Marek execution
- May 11, 2009 - THE FLORIDA CATHOLIC - MDs as killers: Slouching toward the unthinkable
- May 7, 2009 - THE DENVER POST - Colorado death penalty survives
- May 4, 2009 - NEW YORK TIMES - Justices Agree to Take Up Sentencing for Young Offenders
- April 28, 2009 - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Q&A: A Death Row Story of Resilience, Faith, Hope
- April 27, 2009 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - For innocent convicts in Florida, legal project is a lifeline
- April 19, 2009 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Morals aside, death penalty is flawed
- April 16, 2009 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Federal court rejects Troy Davis’ appeal
- April 15, 2009 - THE DENVER POST - Using death penalty funds to catch murderers
- April 15, 2009 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - With Casey Anthony's life at stake, court costs will soar
- April 15, 2009 - THE BOSTON GLOBE - The cost of capital punishment
- April 6, 2009 - THE LEDGER - Ecuador Seeks Return of Bartow Mass Murderer
- March 18, 2009 - NEW MEXICO INDEPENDENT - BREAKING NEWS: Richardson abolishes N.M. death penalty
- February 25, 2009 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Death penalty: a price too high
- February 25, 2009 - NEW YORK TIMES - Citing Cost, States Consider End to Death Penalty
- February 23, 2009 - THE LEDGER - Capital-Punishment Cost: Death Penalty and Taxes
- February 23, 2009 - SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - Many Death Row inmates in Florida die before their execution dates
- February 19, 2009 - HOUSTON CHRONICLE Chron.com - A judge who should hope for mercy
- February 19, 2009 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - Report questions science, reliability of crime lab evidence
- February 15, 2009 - DAYTONA BEACH News-Journal Online - 'Peaceful, prayerful presence'
- February 12, 2009 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Teen girl's killer is put to death
- February 11, 2009 - ZENIT - Florida Bishops Asking to Close Down Death Row
- February 10, 2009 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Former Tampa man close to execution for killing teenager
- February 10, 2009 - WJHG.com - The Cost of Executions
- February 9, 2009 - AMERICAN MEDICAL NEWS - Doctor quits prison job over execution
- February 8, 2009 - SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE - Can we afford death penalty?
- February 7, 2009 - WICHITA EAGLE - Will death penalty fall victim to recession?
- February 6, 2009 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Tampa Killer Set To Die Next Week
- February 4, 2009 - CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE - Doctors' role in executions part of new tactic against death penalty
- February 4, 2009 - FINANCIAL NEWS & DAILY RECORD - Death penalty pause discussed during budget talks
- February 3, 2009 - TIME - The Tide Shifts Against the Death Penalty
- February 2, 2009 - NJ.com - The Road to Justice and Peace
- January 31, 2009 - DENVER POST - Bill targets Colorado's death penalty
- January 26, 2009 - PENNLIVE.com - Group hopes to end death penalty
- January 25, 2009 - PALM BEACH POST - As inmate sits, slain man's family asks: Why has it taken 30 years?
- January 25, 2009 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Florida Bar honors lawyers for pro bono work
- January 24, 2009 - FREDERICK NEWS-POST - Interfaith group works to end death penalty
- January 19, 2009 - REUTERS - U.S. execution breached international law: World Court
- January 16, 2009 - St AUGUSTINE RECORD - Capital punishment the topic Sunday for Unitarian group
- January 14, 2009 - JACKSONVILLE TIMES-UNION - Gassing mentally ill inmates is out
- December 31, 2008 - FOSTER'S DAILY DEMOCRAT - Taking 'premeditated killing to a grisly level'
- December 30, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - New trial for convicted Palm Bay killer
- December 24, 2008 - THE OLYMPIAN - Doctor resigns over state executions
- December 16, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Prosecutor stands up for justice
- December 14, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - THE NICHOLS CASE: Failure to win death penalty resonates
- December 13, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Discredited forensics may upend rulings
- December 11, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Death-row inmate Eric Simmons of Lake poorly served by defense, appellate lawyers say
- December 11, 2008 - CNN.com - Death sentences, executions drop in 2008
- December 10, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Judges differ as Davis seeks new trial
- December 10, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - Murder charges against Dillon dropped
- November 18, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Our system owes Troy Davis another day in court
- November 16, 2008 - BALTIMORE SUN - Behind the debate
- November 15, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - William Dillon’s new trial and expert counsel for Florida death row inmates
- November 15, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - Dillon's long wait for new trial ends
- November 13, 2008 - BALTIMORE SUN - Repeal of death penalty urged
- November 8, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Tampa killer loses death row appeal
- November 4, 2008 - EARTH TIMES - UN condemns stoning to death of 13-year-old Somali girl
- November 4, 2008 - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - Iran Hangs Seventh Juvenile Offender This Year
- November 1, 2008 - AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN - Exonerated inmates ask Texas to halt executions
- October 25, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Court issues stay, lets Davis make his case
- October 25, 2008 - SEATTLE TIMES - Is it too much to hope somebody will finally listen?
- October 24, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Justice’s criticism seen as invitation to challenge Georgia capital punishment
- October 24, 2008 - PATTERSON LAW - Florida Death Penalty Still a Mess
- October 19, 2008 - JURIST - Iran bans execution of minors for drug-related crimes
- October 14, 2008 - CBS NEWS - The Long Road To The Davis Case
- October 8, 2008 - THE MINARET - Wrongly Convicted Men Share Their Stories
- October 6, 2008 - NEWS 4 JAX - Florida Supreme Court Delays Killers' Execution
- September 24, 2008 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Busload of pilgrims protests execution
- September 23, 2008 - HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS - US: Improve Treatment of Crime Victims
- September 23, 2008 - GAINESVILLE SUN - Execution delayed 2 hours
- September 23, 2008 - NEW YORK TIMES - With 2 Hours to Spare, Justices Stay Execution
- September 20, 2008 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Bishops ask Gov. Crist to spare murderer’s life
- September 19, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Protests held downtown over Troy Davis execution
- September 16, 2008 - DALLAS MORNING NEWS - Collin County court dismisses murder charge in Ashley Estell case
- September 16, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Death row inmate's sister talks of abuse
- September 16, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Executions kill any chance to correct possible injustice
- September 12, 2008 - ATLANTA PROGRESSIVE NEWS - Parole Board Denies Clemency for Troy Davis
- September 9, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Inmate to die though 198 sentenced before him
- September 8, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - Closure eludes family despite death of son's killer
- September 5, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Executions: Parole board grants Davis a hearing, denies Alderman
- September 2, 2008 - FLORIDA TIMES-UNION - Trial begins on gassing mentally ill inmates
- August 26, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - Dillon's release motion filed after Fay
- August 20, 2008 - BELIEFNET - Sister Helen Prejean, the Death Penalty, and the DNCC
- August 19, 2008 - BALTIMORE SUN - Voices against death penalty
- August 13, 2008 - STATELINE.org - Should murder accomplices face execution?
- August 7, 2008 - THE INDEPENDENT - The Big Question: Why is the United States still imposing the death penalty?
- August 6, 2008 - FOX NEWS - Feeling the Needle of the Supreme Court Decision on Lethal Injections
- August 5, 2008 - THOUGHTS.COM - The Death Penalty - Viscerally, I support the death penalty. Rationally, I cannot.
- August 1, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Last woman on Florida's death row spared death penalty
- July 30, 2008 - INTER PRESS SERVICE - DEATH PENALTY-US: D-Day Approaching for Overflowing Death Row
- July 26, 2008 - SOUTH COAST TODAY - Former Dartmouth resident, once on Florida death row, freed
- July 16, 2008 - Ft MYERS NEWS-PRESS - Sallie Latkovich: Death penalty not rationally sound
- July 15, 2008 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Faithful show courage in face of criticism with execution protests
- July 9, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Crist sets date for another execution
- July 8, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - On Florida's Death Row
- July 7, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Florida death penalty opponent lists reasons
- July 6, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Abolish the death penalty
- July 6, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - The death-penalty news debate
- July 6, 2008 - OAKLAND TRIBUNE - Byron Williams: Study shows it is time to do away with death penalty
- July 2, 2008 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Catholics gather in prayer against the death penalty
- July 2, 2008 - WJHG PANAMA CITY - Florida's First Execution in More than a Year
- July 2, 2008 - GAINESVILLE SUN - 11-year-old boy was raped, tortured before being slain
- July 2, 2008 - TAMPA BAY'S 10 - Bay area group protests Schwab execution
- July 2, 2008 - LA TIMES - Florida executes man for 1991 rape, murder of child
- July 2, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - State executes child killer
- July 1, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Parents of Junny Rios-Martinez see Mark Dean Schwab die
- July 1, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Death penalty future rides on Schwab execution
- July 1, 2008 - GERALD KOGAN - Florida's justice system fails on many fronts
- June 29, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - 'A long, hard road to travel'
- June 28, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - Warden on death penalty: "This is wrong"
- June 26, 2008 - ZENIT - Florida Bishops Urge Rethinking of Death Penalty
- June 25, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - State attorneys dispute Schwab's death penalty complaints
- June 24, 2008 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Voice of death testifies for life
- June 12, 2008 - CARRBORO CITIZEN - Death penalty opponents remain vigilant
- June 10, 2008 - PUBLIC LIBRARY OF SCIENCE - Ethical Implications of Modifying Lethal Injection Protocols
- June 8, 2008 - INTER-PRESS SERVICE - DEATH PENALTY-US: Exonerations Speed Change of Mind
- June 6, 2008 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - The problem with assumptions
- May 31, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Our position: Legislature didn't go far enough in compensating the wrongfully convicted
- May 29, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Death-row inmate pins hope on Texas lab
- May 29, 2008 - JACKSONVILLE TIMES-UNION - Hope grows to save Davis
- May 27, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Crist says he'll back process to pay wrongfully convicted
- May 27, 2008 - NEW YORK TIMES - His Life With the Deaths That the State Carried Out
- May 24, 2008 - KANSAS CITY STAR - Anesthesiologist joins Missouri’s execution team, violating ethical guidelines
- May 21, 2008 - DETROIT FREE PRESS - Man to be freed in '82 assault
- May 20, 2008 - ATLANTA-PROGRESSIVE NEWS - NAACP, Amnesty Hold Rally for Troy Davis, Death Row Inmate
- May 20, 2008 - ACLU - Death penalty ‘tax’ costs California billions
- May 19, 2008 - JACKSONVILLE TIMES-UNION - Florida to go forward with Schwab execution
- May 19, 2008 - PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL - Supreme Court rejects Schwab appeal
- May 15, 2008 - PENN STATE LIVE - 'Innocence' argument dramatically changed death penalty public support
- May 12, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Between life and death
- May 11, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - Death Row: Big number, no meaning
- May 8, 2008 - MIAMI HERALD - Cleared convict gets whopping settlement
- May 6, 2008 - THE TENNESSEAN - Court: Give House new trial
- May 5, 2008 - EDUTOPIA - Not Guilty: Students Discover How Science Can Free the Innocent
- May 5, 2008 - SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - "Clean hands" ruins Florida bill to compensate wrongly imprisoned
- May 3, 2008 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Man is freed on murder charge after 15 years on death row
- April 30, 2008 - INTER PRESS SERVICE - RIGHTS-US: Sky-High Costs - But Few Executions
- April 29, 2008 - INTER PRESS SERVICE - DEATH PENALTY-CUBA: Dissidents, Preachers Welcome Decision
- April 29, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Justice after prison
- April 28, 2008 - THE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE - Killing in Secret: Death by Lethal Injection
- April 26, 2008 - VATICAN RADIO - BATTLING ON
- April 25, 2008 - BRADENTON HERALD - Ruling for justice
- April 25, 2008 - NPR - Opponents Challenge Death Penalty in Florida
- April 24, 2008 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - In Capital Case, There Can Be No Doubts
- April 24, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - The new death-penalty fad
- April 24, 2008 - FLORIDA CATHOLIC - Executions to resume; question is when
- April 23, 2008 - INTER-PRESS SERVICE - DEATH PENALTY-US: Court Says, 'Pay Up - Or Let Live!'
- April 21, 2008 - SACREMENTO BEE - Rudolph J. Gerber: Let's stop, reconsider: Should executions continue?
- April 21, 2008 - NEWS4 JAX - Tiffany Cole: Only Woman On Florida's Death Row
- April 17, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - The death penalty question
- April 17, 2008 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - Decision May Reopen Death Chamber
- April 16, 2008 - ABC NEWS - High Court Justice Wants End to Executions
- April 16, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - U.S. Supreme Court upholds lethal injection
- April 16, 2008 - NEW YORK TIMES - Litigation Assured in Wake of Decision
- April 15, 2008 - VOICE of AMERICA - Amnesty Says China is World's Leading Executioner
- April 14, 2008 - PALM BEACH POST - Death Row inmate gets sentence modified to life
- April 13, 2008 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - Lawsuit challenges prosecutors' immunity
- April 12, 2008 - SLATE - Trend It, Don't End It
- April 11, 2008 - ORLANDO SENTINEL - Suspend death penalty, decriminalize misdemeanors
- April 9, 2008 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Compensation bill moves forward in Senate
- April 8, 2008 - SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE - Bush's privatization of death row counsel is questioned
- April 7, 2008 - HUFFINGTON POST - Number of Innocents on Death Row Mandate Moratorium
- April 4, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - State metes living death penalties to children
- April 3, 2008 - RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER - Another innocent inmate leaves death row
- April 3, 2008 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Crotzer compensation $1.25 million approved
- April 2, 2008 - WFTV.com - Public Defender Proposes Ending Death Penalty In Orange County To Save Money
- March 28, 2008 - PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Life term or new penalty hearing ordered for Mumia Abu-Jamal
- March 27, 2008 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - A sentence too close to death
- March 22, 2008 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Ex-warden now opposes death penalty
- March 22, 2008 - COLORADOAN.com - Proposal kills death penalty to free funding for cold cases
- March 21, 2008 - WJGH PANAMA CITY - Good Friday Death Penalty Protest
- March 20, 2008 - NEW YORK TIMES - Court Details Opposition to Bias in Jury Selection
- March 18, 2008 - DAYTONA NEWS-JOURNAL - Piling on injustice
- March 18, 2008 - MIAMI HERALD - Wrongfully convicted dealt another blow
- March 18, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - OUR OPINIONS: Do the right thing: Have mercy
- March 17, 2008 - ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION - Condemned cop killer denied new trial
- March 7, 2008 - REUTERS - U.N. panel calls for U.S. death penalty moratorium
- March 7, 2008 - TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT - Regret and redemption
- March 2, 2008 - OCALA STAR-BANNER - Their profit, our risk
- March 1, 2008 - METROPOLITAN CORPORATE COUNSEL - Making History: The Repeal Of The Death Penalty In New Jersey
- February 21, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - State leaders make Crotzer a priority
- February 18, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - A way to end 'tells' for witness lineups
- February 11, 2008 - CNN - Ex-Florida prison boss: Drunken orgies tainted system
- February 8, 2008 - BEND WEEKLY - An already cruel punishment made crueler
- February 8, 2008 - WOWT OMAHA - Electrocution Ruled "Cruel and Unusual"
- February 7, 2008 - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Man charged in child slaying for which another sentenced to death
- February 6, 2008 - CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS - Iran weighs death penalty for apostates
- February 3, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Lust, lies and disorder in court
- February 2, 2008 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - Innocent Inmates Deserve Compensation
- February 1, 2008 - SALT LAKE TRIBUNE - Fund would help exonerated start over
- January 31, 2008 - MIAMI HURRICANE - UM researchers say lethal injection could violate Eighth Amendment
- January 29, 2008 - St PETERSBURG TIMES - Do right by those Florida wronged
- January 28, 2008 - DAYTONA BEACH NEWS-JOURNAL - Fair compensation - Don't make the innocent beg for justice
- January 24, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - State justices reject Schwab appeal
- January 23, 2008 - COLUMBIA SPECTATOR - Physicians Shouldn’t Be Involved in Executions
- January 23, 2008 - NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE - Physicians and Execution
- January 20, 2008 - Ft WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM - Less money, more pain and injustice
- January 18, 2008 - USA TODAY - Fla. mulls payments for wrongful imprisonments
- January 18, 2008 - THE GUARDIAN - Kenny Richey is proof that the death penalty doesn't need to be carried out to destroy a life
- January 16, 2008 - USA TODAY - The punishment fits the times
- January 16, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - Our view: A broken process
- January 14, 2008 - FOX BUSINESS - Amnesty International Calls Iran's Practice of Stoning a Cruel and Unacceptable Practice
- January 13, 2008 - SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE - State should drop the death penalty
- January 12, 2008 - St LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - Execution nurse had criminal past
- January 12, 2008 - SYNDEY MORNING HERALD - Cruel and unusual punishment
- January 10, 2008 - Ft MYERS NEWS PRESS - Thoughts on delays in death sentences
- January 10, 2008 - FLORIDA TODAY - Accused killer can stand trial
- January 9, 2008 - TAMPA TRIBUNE - The Case For Lethal Injection
- January 7, 2008 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Justices to rule whether lethal injection humane
- January 7, 2008 - HUFFINGTON POST - Debunking the Death Penalty Deterrence Myth
- January 6, 2008 - SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE - Attorneys appeal to save man from death row
- January 4, 2008 - SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL - Not time yet to end death penalty
- January 4, 2008 - NEW YORK TIMES - 15th Dallas County Inmate Since ’01 Is Freed by DNA
- January 4, 2008 - THE GUARDIAN - Watchdog condemns China move to lethal injections
- January 4, 2008 - DAILY TELEGRAPH - Lethal injection replaces firing squad in China
- January 3, 2008 - TIME - Death Penalty Walking
- January 3, 2008 - KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL - Should the death penalty be abolished?
- January 3, 2008 - USA TODAY - High court to weigh in on lethal injection
- January 3, 2008 - CHINA.org.cn - Expert: China is fit for lethal injections
- January 2, 2008 - COUNTER PUNCH - Georgia's Racist Death Penalty
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