Monday, February 23, 2009

Justice denied? On Florida's death row, many lives end -- but not by execution

"In Florida, the death penalty doesn't always mean death by execution. Heart disease, fatal ailments and suicide are just as likely to kill."

"From March 1998 to November 2008, the Department of Corrections executed 26 prisoners. During that same period, another 26 death-row inmates died of other causes, the Orlando Sentinel found."

"Prisoners spend an average of 14 years on death row. The rate of execution in Florida fluctuates each year -- six in 2000, for example, but two last year."

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