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Florida Resumes Executions After Reforms Instituted

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime & Justice News

"Florida reinstituted the death penalty yesterday with

the execution of a child killer, reports the St.

Petersburg Times. Unlike a botched execution in 2006

that halted the state's death penalty for more than a

year, the execution of Mark Dean Schwab appeared

seamless and peaceful. Schwab, 39, made no final

statement and stopped moving only two or three

minutes after chemicals began flowing into his veins.

He was executed 16 years to the day after being

sentenced to death.

Schwab abducted, raped and murdered an 11-year-

old boy after seeing his picture in a newspaper.

Florida halted executions after the Dec. 13, 2006,

death of Angel Diaz. Corrections officials mistakenly

poked needles through Diaz's veins, causing the

chemicals to splash into his flesh. Diaz took 34

minutes to die, and some observers said he

appeared in pain. An autopsy found footlong chemical

burns on his arms. The state later adopted 37

changes in its execution protocol."

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