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Tampa vigil and protest during Florida's execution of Manuel Valle listen

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Tags: Manuel Valle, Death penalty, vigil, ACLU of Florida, FADP, Troy Davis

Manuel Valle was executed at Florida State Prison by injection of a controversial cocktail of lethal chemicals. He convicted for the murder of Police Officer Louis Pena during a traffic stop in 1978. Mark Elliot is executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

Elliot’s biggest issues with the death penalty, however, are the poss...