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- MAR 02, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Bonds In Blood
- MAR 02, 2003 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Death penalty awareness needs community support
- MAR 01, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Make me like Clarence Thomas.
- MAR 01, 2003 – FLORIDA BAR NEWS – The pros and cons of privatizing death penalty appeals
- FEB 27, 2003 – JACKSONVILLE TIMES – Brady’s relatives say jutsice finally done with King execution
- FEB 27, 2003 – INDEPENDENT ALLIGATOR NEWS – King executed, maintains innocence to very end
- FEB 27, 2003 – INDEPENDENT ALLIGATOR NEWS – Death penalty protesters fulfill King’s final request
- FEB 27, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Brady’s relatives say jutsice finally done with King execution
- FEB 27, 2003 – ORLANDO SENTINAL – Inmate put to death for 1977 murder
- FEB 27, 2003 – GAINSVILLESUN -King executed for 1977 murder
- FEB 27, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Convicted Killer Executed As Last-Ditch Appeals Fail
- FEB 27, 2003 – AP NEWS – Brady’s Relatives Say Jutsice Finally Done With King Execution
- FEB 27, 2003 – NAPLES DAILY – Florida inmate Amos King executed for 1977 slaying
- FEB 27, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Death Row inmate King executed for ’77 rape, murder
- FEB 27, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Inmate executed after 26 years (includes video)
- FEB 26, 2003 – INDEPENDENT – Death row veteran to receive lethal injection
- FEB 26, 2003 – SUN SENTINAL – Amos King executed for 1977 Tarpon Springs killing
- FEB 26, 2003 – GAINSVILLE SUN – King execution is set for today
- FEB 26, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – King, on last day, prepared to die (includes video)
- FEB 25, 2003 – AP NEWS – King, Set For Execution Wednesday, Maintains Innocence
- FEB 25, 2003 – ABC NEWS – With hours to live, inmate sends plea to ABC Action News (includes video)
- FEB 25, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – King’s lawyers file ‘last best hope
- FEB 24, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – A life ticks away — too fast or too slow
- FEB 24, 2003 – WTSP Video – Amos King faces execution Wednesday
- FEB 24, 2003 – HERALD TRIBUNE – Amos King faces execution after DNA tests inconclusive
- FEB 22, 2003 – SUN SENTINAL – Florida death-row inmate says inconclusive DNA tests should be
———————————————— enough to vindicate him - FEB 21, 2003 – COUNTERPUNCH – In a Land Where Justice is a Game
- FEB 21, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Bush should fix errors revealed in Holton case
- FEB 21, 2003 – SUN SENTINAL – Federal prosecutors seek death penalty in Fla. for first time
- FEB 21, 2003 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Spacey is influenced by views of Darrow
- FEB 19, 2003 – NEWS JOURNAL – Juvenile justice cuts are myopic and cruel
- FEB 19, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Third DNA test no help for death row inmate Amos King
- FEB 18, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – DNA tests continue in 1977 Tarpon killing
- FEB 18, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Private attorneys will speed justice in capital cases
- FEB 17, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Sane enough to die
- FEB 16, 2003 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Proposal to shut death-row offices draws fire
- FEB 16, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – DNA test allowed as execution looms
- FEB 15, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Death penalty process is full of fatal flaws
- FEB 15, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Death row inmate Amos Lee King wants the judge to recuse ————————————- herself from the case
- FEB 12, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Holton case shows it’s time to bring the death penalty to ——————————————- justice
- FEB 12, 2003 – GAINESVILLE SUN – A fine madness
- FEB 12, 2003 – SUN SENTINEL – Rethink Flawed `Reform’ Ideas
- FEB 12, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Attorney Wants Review Of Case Against Holton
- FEB 11, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Florida’s flawed death sentences lead U.S.
- FEB 11, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – A Fatally Flawed System
- FEB 10, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Death penalty problems
- FEB 10, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – The Innocence Defense – part 2.
- FEB 09, 2003 – St PETERSBURG TIMES – Th
e Innocence Defense – part 1. - FEB 09, 2003 – SUN SENTINEL – Killing death penalty agency would be Capitol offense
- FEB 08, 2003 – LAKELAND LEDGER – Mixed Signals On Death Penalty
- FEB 08, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Tossing plea deal no bargain for nation
- FEB 06, 2003 – HERNANDO TODAY – New finding won’t change verdict on Paul Hildwin
- FEB 06, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Bush lifts stay, reschedules execution
- FEB 06, 2003 – GAINESVILLE SUN – Jeb’s mixed signals
- FEB 06, 2003 – AP NEWS – Tallahassee Lawyer Files Another Challenge Against Registry Law
- FEB 05, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Condemned man’s legal team trying again
- FEB 05, 2003 – JAMAICA OBSERVER – Former US death row inmate against death penalty in Jamaica
- FEB 05, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Using private lawyers will slow down Death Row appeals
- FEB 04, 2003 – St.PETERSBURG TIMES – Attorneys: New DNA evidence should free death row inmate
- FEB 04, 2003 – AP NEWS – Attorneys: New DNA Evidence Should Free Death Row Inmate Pursuing
——————————————- AP Photo - FEB 02, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – If state kills, state must pay lawyers
- FEB 01, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Lauderdale to videotape all homicide interrogations
- JAN 31, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Ex-Death Row inmate speaks out
- JAN 31, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Miami state Sen. Wilson wants review of Fla. Death Row cases
- JAN 30, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Botched capital case demands review
- JAN 30, 2003 – LAKELAND LEDGER – State Appeal Could Keep Inmate on Death Row
- JAN 30, 2003 – AP NEWS – Former Death Row Inmate Supports CCR, Holton
- JAN 30, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Crist: Pull the plug on Death Row office
- JAN 29, 2003 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Holton case shows need for new law
- JAN 29, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – State blocks Death Row inmate’s release one day before deadline
- JAN 29, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Keep Death Row lawyers
- JAN 29, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Florida Strives To Regain The Title In Death Row Follies
- JAN 28, 2003 – SUN SENTINEL – Death penalty deserves a long, hard look
- JAN 28, 2003 – LAKELAND LEDGER – Ex-Death Row Inmate Won’t Let Wasted Years Bring Him Down
- JAN 28, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – A lethal decision for Death Row
- JAN 28, 2003 – St. PETERSBURG TIMES – Delays in death row case irk governor
- JAN 28, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Death Row review is not needed, Bush says
- JAN 28, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Life After Death Row
- JAN 28, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Death penalty under scrutiny
- JAN 27, 2003 – NBC NEWS – Freed From Death Row, Holton Says He’s Not Bitter
- JAN 26, 2003 – FLORIDA TIMES – Proposed cut on death penalty program is wrong
- JAN 26, 2003 – COURIER – Florida, tops in capital errors, frees inmate from death row
- JAN 26, 2003 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Dad Free From Prison Takes Children To Mall
- JAN 26, 2003 – St. PETERSBURG TIMES – A false economy
- JAN 25, 2003 – TALLAHASSEE.COM – Inmate released after 16 years on Death Row
- JAN 25, 2003 – THE GAINSVILLE SUN – Death Row prisoner freed after 16 years
- JAN 25, 2003 – THE TAMPA TRIBUNE – Most Floridians Stand By Death Penalty
- JAN 25, 2003 – THE TAMPA TRIBUNE – Death Row Inmate Free After 16 Years
- JAN 25, 2003 – St. PETERSBURG TIMES – Freed after years on death row
- JAN 25, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Foes of death penalty bolstered, but odds are long
- JAN 25, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Tampa man released after 16 years on Death Row
- JAN 24, 2003 – ACTION NEWS – Death row inmate freed; no retrial in 1986 Tampa murder
————————————————– (includes Video) - JAN 24, 2003 – LAKELAND LEDGER – Murder Conviction Overturned
- JAN 24, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Death row inmate to be released for 1986 Tampa murder
- JAN 24, 2003 – SUN SENTINAL – Death row inmate freed; no retrial in 1986 Tampa murder
- JAN 22, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – Death penalty office targeted
- JAN 21, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Gov. Bush should follow lead of Ryan, review death penalty
- JAN 19, 2003 – BOSTON GLOBE – After 19 years on death row, hope beckons
- JAN 17, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Verdict on death penalty also applies to Florida
- JAN 16, 2003 – AP NEWS – Man Condemned in 1975 Family Massacre Says DNA Proves Innocence
- JAN 15, 2003 – AJC.COM – DNA may reopen ’75 massacre case
- JAN 15, 2003 – St. PETERSBURG TIMES – Attitude shift in death penalty
- JAN 15, 2003 – MIAMI HERALD – MISTAKES ON DEATH ROW
- JAN 14, 2003 – ST PETERSBURG TIMES – State death penalty review? Not in Fla.
- JAN 14, 2003 – NEWS JOURNAL – Empty Death Row: Courage could thwart injustice of Florida system
- JAN 14, 2003 – ORLANDO SENTINAL – Death-penalty foes: Overhaul Florida system
- JAN 13, 2003 – NEWS JOURNAL – Lives in the balance: Jury’s death sentence should be unanimous
- JAN 12, 2003 – LOCAL NEWS – Florida officials debate ruling
- JAN 12, 2003 – SUN SENTINEL – Governor of Illinois empties Death Row
- JAN 12, 2003 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Illinois Death Row Sentences Commuted
- JAN 11, 2003 – WFTV NEWS – Governor Ryan Clears Illinois’ Death Row
- JAN 11, 2003 – NEWSDAY.COM – Ill. Gov. Letter to Victims’ Families
- JAN 09, 2003 – AP NEWS – State Lawmakers Consider Giving Life Decision to Capital Juries
- JAN 08, 2003 – CLICK10.COM – Former Death Row Inmate Gets Second Chance
- JAN 07, 2003 – NAPLES NEWS – Former Florida State Prison head to lead state’s penitentiaries
- JAN 03, 2003 – PALM BEACH POST – Hear the new evidence that could set man free
- JAN 02, 2003 – LAKELAND LEDGER – Death Row Inmate May Be Freed
- DEC 31, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Death Row inmate closer to new trial after judge’s ruling
- DEC 30, 2002 – AP NEWS – Death Penalty in Florida Survives Challenge – for Now
- DEC 30, 2002 – TAMPA BAY TRIBUNE – A Say In Matters Of Life And Death
- DEC 28, 2002 – NAPLES NEWS – Condemned inmate, victim’s family await results of DNA testing
- DEC 24, 2002 – TAMPA BAY TRIBUNE – Death Row Christmas Miracle Unlikely
- DEC 24, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Experts: Tape police interrogations
- DEC 22, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Spotlight on false confessions
- DEC 19, 2002 – AP NEWS – Court Upholds New Trial for Death Row Inmate
- DEC 14, 2002 – FLORIDA TODAY – Daughter awaits execution of dad’s killer
- DEC 13, 2002 – St. PETERSBURG TIMES – Backward choice in Hawkes
- DEC 13, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – New hearing is approved for Pines worker on Death Row
- DEC 12, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – An insane way to treat crazies
- DEC 10, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Inmate who had 3 reprieves is executed for 1979 murder
- DEC 10, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Bottoson executed by lethal injection
- DEC 10, 2002 – ORLANDO SENITNEL – Execution ends 21 years on death row
- DEC 09, 2002 – AP NEWS – Florida Has Executed 54 Inmates Since 1979
- DEC 09, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Bottoson executed
- DEC 09, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Delaying an Execution – Governor takes heat for decision
- DEC 09, 2002 – FLORIDA TIMES-UNION – CRIME: 30 days until justice
- DEC 09, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Expert: Killer’s reprive unlikely
- DEC 09, 2002 – AP NEWS – Bottoson Again Faces Death Monday
- DEC 08, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Execution case sent to hearing
- DEC 07, 2002 – GAINESVILLE SUN – Bottoson’s Monday execution rescheduled by Bush
- DEC 07, 2002 – AP NEWS – Inmates Who Have Lived Under a Death Sentence the Longest
- DEC 07, 2002 – AP NEWS – Death Row Inmates Wait and Wait
- DEC 07, 2002 – PALM BEACH POST – Gov. Bush makes a moral choice
- DEC 07, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Bottoson execution now set for Monday
- DEC 07, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Bush reschedules killer’s execution
- DEC 06, 2002 – AP NEWS – Temporary Stay Lifted, Bottoson Execution Reset for Monday
- DEC 06, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Execution near after 21 years on death row
- DEC 06, 2002 – PALM BEACH POST – 25 years on Death Row
- DEC 05, 2002 – COUNTERPUNCH – Long Live Amos King: A Buddhist Warrior on Death Row
- DEC 05, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – King case an example of a flawed legal system
- DEC 05, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – A tough call
- DEC 04, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Bush rapped on stay of death
- DEC 04, 2002 – ST PETERSBURG TIMES – Inmate pins hopes on new test
- DEC 04, 2002 – TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Execution delay warranted
- DEC 04, 2002 – ST PETERSBURG TIMES – Death sentence flaws
- DEC 04, 2002 – NEWS JOURNAL – Life and death: Innocence deserves every chance
- DEC 03, 2002 – NEWS JOURNAL – 90 minutes from execution, Florida inmate wins stay
- DEC 03, 2002 – AP NEWS – Inmate Set for Friday Execution Waits on Appeal in High Court
- DEC 03, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Gov. Bush delays execution as clock ticks
- DEC 03, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Execution is delayed again to test DNA
- DEC 03, 2002 – ACTION NEWS – Attorney: Action News report helped King win stay of execution – (includes video)
- DEC 02, 2002 – AT&T WORLDNET – Fla. Governor Postpones Execution on DNA Grounds
- DEC 02, 2002 – AP NEWS – Hours Away From Execution, Amos King Wins Stay for DNA Tests
- DEC 02, 2002 – SUN-SENTINEL – Florida schedules 2 executions for this week
- DEC 02, 2002 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – Judge Rejects Inmate’s Last-Minute Motions
- DEC 01, 2002 – GAINESVILLE SUN – Execution is part of the problem, not the answer to eradicating violence.
- DEC 01, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Killer’s attorneys asking for DNA tests
- Nov 30, 2002 – AP NEWS – Three Motions Filed in King Execution
- Nov 27, 2002 – AP NEWS – Supreme Court Lifts Stay in Florida Execution Case
- Nov 27, 2002 – ST.PETERSBURG TIMES – Killer of Tarpon woman granted fifth stay
- Nov 26, 2002 – AP NEWS – King Gets Stay of Execution From Atlanta Appeals Court
- Nov 16, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Bush sets execution dates for 2 killers
- Nov 16, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Executions set for two Death Row inmates
- Nov 11, 2002 – St. PETERSBURG TIMES – A Deathly Amendment
- Nov 10, 2002 – LOS ANGELES TIMES – For Some, the Evidence Doesn’t Matter
- Nov 10, 2002 – SUN-SENTINEL – Interview with SueZann Bosler
- Nov 09, 2002 – PAL
M BEACH POST – Reform the death juries - Oct 31, 2002 – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR -Should death penalty apply to 16-year-olds?
- Oct 28, 2002 – NEWS JOURNAL – Death penalty: U.S. justices, not Florida, must resolve conflict
- Oct 25, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Fla. death penalty is upheld
- Oct 24, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Florida Supreme Court upholds death penalty law
- Oct 23, 2002 – CITYLINK – After an execution, prosecutors cant say, Oops. But Florida has come close 24 times
- Oct 17, 2002 -THE LEDGER – Was on DEATH ROW – Former Inmate Protests System
- Oct 17, 2002 – TAMPA TRIBUNE – 42 Death Penalty Foes Target Prosecutor
- Oct 15, 2002 – PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL – Former inmate recounts fight from death row
- Oct 14, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – The risks of ‘going negative’
- Oct 13, 2002 – NEW YORK TIMES – Florida Might Edit Death Penalty Law
- Oct 12, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – Group organizes rally against death penalty
- Oct 11, 2002 – NEWS JOURNAL – Life after death row: Vindicated for murder, man speaks out about execution
- Oct 10, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Commentary – Executions vs. `closure’
- Oct 10, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Wuornos goes to death `happy’
- Oct 09, 2002 – BBC NEWS -‘Damsel of Death’ executed
- Oct 09, 2002 – PALM BEACH POST – Freed inmate fighting executions
- Oct 08, 2002 – BBC NEWS -Serial killer’s execution ‘will win Jeb votes’
- Oct 07, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Death Row itself is death enough, survivor says
- Oct 03, 2002 -GAINSVILLE SUN – Assisted suicide
- Oct 03, 2002 -GAINSVILLE SUN – State executes Sanchez-Velasco
- Oct 03, 2002 – NEWS JOURNAL – Wuornos ruled competent; execution to go forward.
- Oct 03, 2002 – PALM BEACH POST – Florida executes child killer.
- Oct 02, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – In Florida’s first execution in nearly a year, a Miami-Dade man is put to death
- Oct 02, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Girl’s slayer cleared to die. Execution reset for this morning.
- Oct 01, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Bush stays executions, pending pair’s mental exams.
- Oct 01, 2002 – ST. PETERSBURG TIMES – Mental questions delay two killers’ executions.
- Sept. 29, 2002 – SENTINEL – Ohio woman seeks to stop Florida execution.
- Sept. 27, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Killer to get mental exam. Governor orders test for Wuornos
- Sept. 25, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Wuornos’ lawyer has ‘grave doubts’.
- Sept. 24, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – 714-word ballot question vexes elections officials
- Sept. 22, 2002 – TAMPA BAY TRIBUNE – End The Death Penalty For Juveniles.
- Sept. 21, 2002 – ORLANDO SENTINEL – 1966 Citrus-Baron slaying case re-opens.
- Sept. 20, 2002 – PALM BEACH POST – Conviction in ’66 murder overturned.
- Sept. 18, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Young and condemned. Executing people who were juveniles when they committed their crimes seems unusually cruel for a civilized society.
- Sept. 13, 2002 – CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR – Florida death-penalty battle rages over sentencing. A legal fight over who determines capital penalties could impact many states.
- Sept. 7, 2002 – MIAMI HERALD – Killers sought executions, Bush says.
- Sept. 6, 2002 – GAINSVILLE SUN – Gov. Bush sets execution dates for two inmates
- Sept. 6, 2002 – TAMPA TRIBUNE: EDITORIAL – When Does the Death Penalty Become Cruel And Unusual?
- Sept. 6, 2002 – SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL – Gov. Bush signs warrants on two killers who have requested execution.
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