Florida’s Death Penalty Plagued with Alarming Problems
A new report funded by the American Bar Association found that Florida’s death penalty system was rife with problems, racial disparities and a higher number of inmates originally tagged for execution later found to be innocent than any other state, writes LINDA KLEINDIENST for the Orlando Sun Sentinel. The 454-page report, written by a team of influential Florida lawyers, had a long laundry list of changes and recommendations for further study---particularly in the areas of racial inequitablilities, wrongful convictions and innocence claims (It seems there has been one exoneration for every three executions), writes SUSAN SPENCER-WENDEL of the Palm Beach Post.