Subject:

Capital Punishment

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Oba Chandler Set to Be Executed Today; Picked Salami Sandwiches for His Last Meal

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler, scheduled to die at 4 p.m. today.​Rapist/triple murderer Oba Chandler is scheduled to be executed at the Florida State Prison at 4 p.m. today, and he's already submitted the request for his last meal.According to Florida Department of Corrections spok ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Oba Chandler's Supreme Court Arguments Canceled; 12 Days Until Scheduled Execution

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler, scheduled to die in 12 days.​Arguments before the Florida Supreme Court in the appeal of triple murderer Oba Chandler's death sentence that were scheduled for Wednesday have been canceled, according to a filing from the clerk's office released just mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Oba Chandler Denied Yet Another Appeal of His Death Sentence, So He Filed Another Appeal

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler​Rapist and three-time murderer Oba Chandler's eighth attempt at appealing his death sentence was denied, and of course, he filed a ninth -- which may be the last attempt before his scheduled November 15 execution.Chandler's lawyer filed a motion in cir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Surprise: Rapist/Triple Murderer Oba Chandler Doesn't Want to Be Executed

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler​Rapist and three-time murderer Oba Chandler, who's scheduled to be receive his lethal injection at 4 p.m. on November 15, doesn't want to be executed. Imagine that.Chandler's lawyer filed a motion in a circuit court today seeking to have Chandler's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    State Rep. Wants to Ban Lethal Injections, Offer Inmates Choice of Firing Squad or Electrocution

    sodahead.comAre you a sissy who doesn't like lethal injection? Try "a .45 caliber lead cocktail instead."​Florida's method of executing death-row inmates by lethal injection is just causing too much controversy, so State Rep. Brad Drake wants to end the practice.Drake has filed a bill to give the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Rick Scott Inks Another Death Warrant: 65-Year-Old Oba Chandler Is Next

    Florida Department of CorrectionsOba Chandler​Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant to give a lethal juicing to the second inmate of his governorship -- this time for 65-year-old triple murderer Oba Chandler.The execution is scheduled for 4 p.m. on November 15, but don't be surprised if that does ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Manuel Valle Execution: Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

    ​Manuel Valle was executed by the State of Florida at 7:14 p.m. Wednesday after the many appeals filed on his behalf were denied.Just before the execution was scheduled to take place at 4 p.m., the U.S. Supreme Court delayed it to briefly take a look at the case.A stay of execution was denied, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Florida Death-Row Facts, Including Last-Meal Parameters and the Executioner's Paycheck

    ​It's been nearly 20 months since the last execution of a prisoner by the State of Florida, and in anticipation of South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle's lethal injection at 4 p.m. today, we decided today would be a good day to drop some death-row knowledge.Valle, 61, was convicted of killing Cor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    Manuel Valle Executed After Stay Denied by United States Supreme Court

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle​South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle was executed by lethal injection inside the Florida State Prison at 7:14 p.m. today.Valle came within minutes of dying earlier in the day, before the U.S. Supreme Court halted the lethal injection for several h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Manuel Valle Execution Draws Florida Supreme Court Petition From Irish Neurologist

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, sheduled to die tomorrow at 4 p.m.​The execution of convicted South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle has been petitioned in the Florida Supreme Court yet again over issues with the new lethal injection drug, this time with the objection of a Northern I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Florida Supreme Court Quickly Dismisses Latest Manuel Valle Appeal

    ​Well, that was quick. Less than an hour ago, the Florida Supreme Court released a ruling saying the court will not hear the latest petition over issues with the new lethal injection drug to be used in Manuel Valle's execution.Yesterday, Northern Irish neurologist Dr. David Nicholl asked the court ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    State Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda Files Bill to Repeal Florida's Death Penalty

    motifake.com​On the verge of the state's first lethal injection under the regime of Gov. Rick Scott -- convicted cop killer Manuel Valle is scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. tomorrow -- State Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda of Tallahassee has filed a bill that would end executions in Florid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Manuel Valle Denied Stay of Execution by Florida Supreme Court; Death Date Remains

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, scheduled to die on September 28.​South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle's petition asking for a stay of execution was denied today by the Florida Supreme Court.His scheduled date with death remains September 28, 2011, at 4 p.m.Valle's lawyers filed th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Manuel Valle's Lawyers File Another Petition With the Florida Supreme Court

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle​The lawyers for South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle have filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court over clemency proceedings for Valle and have asked the court to stay Valle's scheduled execution... again.Valle, 61, has been given a date to die ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Manuel Valle Gets His Third Date With Death: September 28

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, now sheduled to die on September 28.​For the third time, convicted South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle has been given a date to die.This time, it's been scheduled for September 28, 2011, at 4 p.m. at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Manuel Valle's Execution Gets the Go-Ahead From Circuit Court Judge

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, now sheduled to die on September 1.​Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jacqueline Hogan Scola cleared one more roadblock to the lethal juicing of South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle.After a hearing ordered by the Florida Supreme Court to decide the effectiven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Maker of Drug Used in Florida Lethal Injections Asked Rick Scott Not to Kill People With It

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, the subject of the current lethal-injection controversy in Florida.​Florida hasn't tested out the new lethal-injection drug it has planned to start using, but letters to Gov. Rick Scott from the drugmaker's president -- sent before Scott signed off on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Manuel Valle, South Florida Cop Killer, Has Execution Delayed by Florida Supreme Court

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle, now sheduled to die on September 1.​The first jailhouse coup de grâce approved by Gov. Rick Scott has been delayed by the Florida Supreme Court.Manuel Valle -- convicted of killing a Coral Gables cop in 1978 -- was scheduled to be executed on August ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Rick Scott Signs Off on First Lethal Juicing for South Florida Cop Killer

    Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle is scheduled to die on August 2.​Gov. Rick Scott has approved the first jailhouse coup de grace of his governorship, the Miami Herald reports.Manuel Valle -- convicted of killing a Coral Gables cop in 1978 -- is scheduled to be executed on August 2.Acc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Federal Judge Declares Florida Death Penalty Unconstitutional; Casey Anthony Fans Hopeful

    onthefencewithjesus.com​We'll sum up U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez' 94-page ruling in Evans v. McNeil for you: Florida's death penalty is unconstitutional.The crux of his ruling was a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling -- Ring v. Arizona -- which found that a jury must agree on the aggravating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Broward County Ditches One-Bite Doggy Death Row, Freeing Mercedes the Pit Bull

    pwcorgigirl from Flickr.com​One deadly bite was all it took to put Mercedes, a pit bull from Fort Lauderdale charged with killing her neighbor's cat, on death row.But Mercedes is no longer contemplating her last bowl of kibble. She was released from county kennel custody earlier this week after Br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Brandie the Dog Spared From Death Row

    Brandie will live to lick another face.​Brandie the dog has received the caninie equivalent of a last-minute death row call from the governor. Rather than being put down for biting to death a toy poodle, she'll be released to her owners later this week.That's thanks to a deal cut last night by Bro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    A Happy Hour for Dogs

    Brandie will live to lick another face.​Brandie the dog has received the caninie equivalent of a last-minute death row call from the governor. Rather than being put down for biting to death a toy poodle, she'll be released to her owners later this week.That's thanks to a deal cut last night by Bro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Febonio Murder Update: Alfaro Ditches Public Defender, Hires Lauderdale Criminal Attorney

    Gearing up for some courtroom drama in the Febonio murder case​It looks like the murder trial of Jose Alfaro, charged with the premeditated, first-degree murder of his friend Steve Febonio, is gearing up to be a cliff-hanger. This month, state prosecutors told West Palm Beach Judge Amy Smith that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Convicted Murderer of Fort Lauderdale Tourist to Die by Lethal Injection

    Photo: Arkansas Department of CorrectionsJack H. Jones​Back in May 1991, witnesses saw a Pennsylvania tourist, 32-year-old Lorraine Barrett, talking with a man at the Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale Beach. Another witness saw Barrett and the man board an elevator at the Days Inn on Seabreeze Boulevar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Morning Juice: Still More Questions in Miramar Deaths; End of the Line for Broward Murderer on Death Row

    ​Here what's happening this morning in South Florida:CBS4 has video that includes a photo of the two victims of a shooting in Miramar -- Faith Bisasor and her son Damion Bishop -- as well as an interview with a family friend who says Bisasor never opened the door to strangers. The Sun-Sentinel add ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Death Penalty Case: Man Will Die August 19 for Dania Beach Murder

    John Marek​On August 19, 48-year-old John Marek will be put to death by the State of Florida unless there is a major last-minute intervention by the governor or the courts. In 1983, Marek and a friend, Raymond Wigley, drove to Florida from Texas. On June 16 of that year, the two men encountered t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Supreme Court Speaks; Will Gardiner Skate?

    So the Florida Supreme Court just accepted the State Attorney's motion to vacate the death penalty conviction of Omar Loureiro. Now we'll have a new murder trial, but there won't be an evidentiary hearing into the allegations against Judge Ana Gardiner. In other words, Gardiner, who broke judi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    The Infamous Holland Correction

    Okay, I say a couple nice things about departed Sun-Sentinel reporter John Holland and the knives start flying. The Holland haters bring up an eight-year-old correction which one commenter calls "the longest and most embarrassing front-page retraction in the Sun-Sentinel's history." I remember that ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Jeanette Smith’s body was dumped in Florida’s Everglades and turned up details about the Mob

    Okay, I say a couple nice things about departed Sun-Sentinel reporter John Holland and the knives start flying. The Holland haters bring up an eight-year-old correction which one commenter calls "the longest and most embarrassing front-page retraction in the Sun-Sentinel's history." I remember that ... More >>

  • News

    September 27, 2007

    Justice Severed

    Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence — 20 years so far for a crime he may not have committed

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    Teen Killers Won't Get Death

    Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence — 20 years so far for a crime he may not have committed

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2006

    You've Come A Long Way, Sparky

    Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence — 20 years so far for a crime he may not have committed

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2006

    Killing Them Softly

    Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence — 20 years so far for a crime he may not have committed

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2006

    Murder, Sex and Reportage

    Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence — 20 years so far for a crime he may not have committed

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2006

    Someone Has To Die Tonight, Again

    Maharaj went from the high life to a life sentence — 20 years so far for a crime he may not have committed

  • News

    January 12, 2006

    Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah, Part 2

    Gil Fernandez Jr. could be responsible for as many as nine murders. If he's truly repentant, his former prosecutor says, he needs to confess his sins.

  • Music

    June 23, 2005

    Various Artists

    The Very Best of Death Row (Tha Row)

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Crazy to Kill

    In October 2002, they finally led Aileen Wuornos to where she wanted to go: the death chamber

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Too Dumb to Die

    Kevin Moore's case raises questions about executing the mentally disabled

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    United States of Jesus

    The folks who are "reclaiming America for Christ" are pushing an agenda for a Taliban-like state where Scripture is law

  • News

    August 29, 2002

    De Regier

    Plumbing the depths of the Christian Taliban

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    The Captain of Deceit Strikes Again

    Richard Scheff still can't get the story of the Frank Lee Smith case straight -- and he doesn't seem to care

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    A Sorry Excuse

    Ken Jenne's department helped convict the wrong man. Why won't he and Jeb Bush admit it?

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    A Single Hair

    After a severely flawed trial, Michael Rivera was convicted of killing a little girl. New DNA evidence may help him.

  • Film

    February 24, 2000

    Dead Head

    Mr. Death

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Dead Man Waiting

    Billy Elledge brutally raped and murdered a woman in Hollywood 25 years ago. He has sat in prison since then, evidence that Florida's death penalty isn't working.

  • Music

    August 20, 1998

    Rapper's Demise

    Billy Elledge brutally raped and murdered a woman in Hollywood 25 years ago. He has sat in prison since then, evidence that Florida's death penalty isn't working.

  • News

    January 15, 1998

    Conspiracy, She Wrote

    For years private detective Virginia Snyder has accused the Delray Beach police of corruption. Now she's taking them to court.

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Forget Shorty, Get Marvin!

    How novelist Elmore Leonard's friendship with Palm Beach County criminal judge Marvin Mounts led to a popular book and a new TV show

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