After Problem Execution, Governor Bush Suspends the Death Penalty in Florida
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Gov. Jeb Bush appointed a commission to consider lethal injections following a botched execution on Wednesday.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida's incoming governor Charlie Crist said on Friday he will halt executions after a medical examiner found that it took a condemned killer 34 minutes to die from a lethal injection because the needles were inserted improperly.
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Florida's Governor Jeb Bush asked the US Supreme Court to intervene to keep a comatose woman alive, over the wishes of her husband, who wants to disconnect the feeding tube that has sustained her for 14 years.
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Florida's governor ends a temporary halt on capital punishment that was imposed after a botched execution.
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A constitutional law attorney says Florida Governor Jeb Bush has few legal options now that the state Supreme Court has struck down a law passed by the legislature
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A Virginia death row inmate received a stay of execution on Wednesday, the latest in a series of reprieves since the U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to decide a challenge to the lethal injection method.
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ENFIELD, Conn.  - Connecticut prison officials  postponed the execution early on Saturday of serial killer  Michael Ross after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and  requested the last-minute delay.
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback on Monday to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's efforts to keep a severely brain-damaged woman on life support despite the wishes of her husband.
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Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.
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One of the most traumatic hurricane seasons in Florida history officially ended Tuesday with Gov. Jeb Bush calling the occasion a time for "reflection and celebration."
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The US Supreme Court halts a Mississippi execution as the lethal injection method comes under scrutiny.
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ourteen years after Theresa Schiavo slipped into a vegetative state, Florida&#39;s highest court said today that Gov. Jeb Bush violated the constitutional tenet of separation of powers when he
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Gov. Rick Perry halted the execution of Frances Newton on Wednesday, one day after the state Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended that she be temporarily spared while her attorneys retest crucial evidence.
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A commission examining last year's botched lethal injection execution said Sunday it will recommend changes this week aimed at reducing errors in Florida's death row procedures.
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One of the most traumatic hurricane seasons in Florida history officially ended Tuesday with Gov. Jeb Bush calling the occasion a time for &quot;reflection and celebration.
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TRENTON, New Jersey  - New Jersey on Thursday became the first U.S. state to legislatively abolish the death penalty since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Florida's Supreme Court  refused on Thursday to reconsider its ruling overturning a  state law that let Florida Gov. Jeb Bush keep a severely  brain-damaged woman on life support against the wishes of her  husband and legal guardian.