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Article: Florida's death penalty problems and recommendations.
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- Florida Bar News
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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The Florida team's specific recommendations to improve the fairness and accuracy of Florida's death penalty system include:
1. FLORIDA SHOULD PROTECT INNOCENT DEATH-ROW INMATES BY INVESTIGATING FLORIDA'S WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND BY PREVENTING SIMILAR INJUSTICES IN THE FUTURE.
Florida leads the nation in death-row exonerations. Since 1973, the State of Florida has exonerated 22 death-row inmates, significantly more than any other state. Combined, these death-row inmates served approximately 150 years in prison before being released; one died of cancer prior to being exonerated. Florida executed 60 death-row inmates during this same time period, resulting ...