[FADPUpdate] Fla Gov RE-Signs Death Warrant Before Lethal Injection Challenge Can Be Decided

[MElliott3@aol.com]

Friends,

The following press release was sent to the media today.  See FADP DP News & 
prior FADPUpdate for AP story.

Please contact the Governor's office with your concerns.  Others may be 
calling to congratulate him.  

mark


E-mail: 
Governor Jeb Bush
jeb.bush at myflorida.com

Write:
PL 05 The Capitol
400 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001

Telephone:
850/488-4441
Fax: 850/487-0801

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PRESS RELEASE FROM
FLORIDIANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY (FADP.org)

August 18, 2006

FADP CONTACTS:
Mark Elliott:  727-215-9646

FLORIDA GOVERNOR RE-SIGNS DEATH WARRANT BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION CHALLENGE CAN 
BE DECIDED

Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Clarence Hill can appeal his 
case to a federal court, Governor Bush has re-set the execution date for Hill 
to Sept 20, due to a "technicality." 

The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled unanimously in the Florida case "Hill v. 
McDonough 
(05-8794)," that death row inmate, Clarence HIll can challenge the lethal 
injection method of execution as a civil rights claim.  The court accepted Hill's 
appeal as he lay bound on a cross-shaped gurney for almost 2 hours with 
needles inserted.

"With an appeal pending and so many unanswered questions about Florida's 
method of execution, this re-instatement is a ghoulish abuse of the legal system." 
said Mark Elliott, spokesman for Floridians for Alternatives to the Death 
Penalty.  "Why now? Why prevent this man from proceeding with his claim?  Is our 
governor more interested in executing people than executing justice?"

For further comment contact Mark Elliott at 727-215-9646
  
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SENT BY:

      Mark Elliott
      Spokesperson
      Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP)
      800-973-6548
      fadp at fadp.org
      www.fadp.org
      PMB 335, 2603 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy,
      Gainesville, FL 32609

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty works for restorative
justice in the form of effective alternatives to the death penalty. It
does so by

* supporting and coordinating the work of organizations and individuals
* educating and energizing the general public and state legislators
* supporting the many persons affected by capital crime and punishment
* advocating specific legislative improvements