[FADPUpdate] Fla. Execution - July 1

[melliott3 at aol.com]

Friends,

Florida's next execution has now been set for July 1st.

With almost 400 people in our Death House, Florida has the second 
largest Death Row in the U.S.

For a complete list, see: 
http://www.dc.state.fl.us/activeinmates/deathrowroster.asp.

While Floridians spend an extimated $51 million a year to retain our 
Death Penalty system (that's over and above the cost of permanent 
incarceration), victim's services are being cut-back, crime prevention 
programs are being disbanded and thousands of murders and violent 
crimes remain unsolved.  For a growing number of Floridians, the fight 
to end executions is not about partisanship...it is about priorities.

Shine the light,

---Mark

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Florida Execution Moving Forward

Monday, May 19, 2008 - 04:35 PM

By Associated Press
Florida can go forward with the execution of child killer Mark Dean 
Schwab.

The state plans to execute Schwab on July 1st following a decision by 
the U.S. Supreme Court that the state may resume with lethal injections.

The court lifted the stay of execution for Schwab, who was given a 
reprieve while the justices considered the constitutionality of lethal 
injection procedures.

The court a month ago upheld the use of lethal injection in a Kentucky 
case.

Crist declined to comment extensively on the new death warrant when 
speaking to reporters Monday afternoon.

Schwab was supposed to be executed in November for raping and murdering 
11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez in 1991.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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