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In Forida

By Steve Hall

Today's St. Petersburg Times carries the OpEd, "Florida death penalty system needs reform."  It's written by Raoul G. Cantero III and Mark R. Schlakman.  Cantero is a former Florida Supreme Court justice appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush.  Schlakman is the board chair for the Innocence Project of Florida and served on the ABA's Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team. Florida State University's Center for the Advancement of Human Rights will host a forum today to coincide with the three-year anniversary of the release of the ABA report. Three years ago, the American Bar Association released a Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team report that raised concerns about the state's death penalty process. Since then, neither the government nor the Florida Bar has done much to remedy the problems...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).