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Opponents Challenge Death Penalty in Florida

by Greg Allen, NPR
April 25, 2008

Florida officials are eager to resume carrying out death penalties following this month's Supreme Court decision, which found that Kentucky's use of lethal injection does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. State officials say Florida's lethal injection protocols follow what the Supreme Court approved in Kentucky. But attorneys for death row inmates say Kentucky is different from Florida.

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  • All Things Considered, April 25, 2008
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