Today, the day after Memorial Day, Gov. DeSantis signed a death warrant for U.S. Marine Corps veteran Dusty Ray Spencer. Dusty was sentenced to death for the 1992 murder of his wife, Karen Spencer, by a 7-5 jury vote. If Dusty’s crime were to have occurred today, he wouldn’t have received the death penalty. We…
I like to think of myself as a rational person, but there’s one “woo-woo” belief I’ll defend until my dying day: the weather at Florida State Prison responds to executions. I’ve seen beautiful sunsets, clouds that form crosses, and — as happened last night — a thunderstorm of epic proportions. Maybe it’s coincidence. Maybe not.…
STARKE, Fla. — Tonight, We the People of the State of Florida executed Richard Knight. We executed him just hours after the State of Tennessee halted the execution of Tony Carruthers because prison personnel could not establish intravenous access – a scenario Richard’s attorneys had repeatedly warned could occur under Florida’s execution protocol. As news…
