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Agent Orange exposure is argued in attempt to halt a Florida execution

Florida inmate Anthony Wainwright argues his exposure to Agent Orange before birth caused long-lasting cognitive and behavioral problems.

The Scoop: Fri. May 16, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Florida municipalities are now forbidden from fluoridating water after Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a sweeping bill.
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Glen Rogers is Florida’s fifth execution this year; the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops objects

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops has repeatedly asked DeSantis to spare the condemned killers, including Rogers.

The Scoop: Fri. May 9, 2025, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Advocacy groups push back on Governor Ron DeSantis' attempts to make it harder for citizen campaigns to change the Florida constitution.
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Florida executes Michael Tanzi for the 2000 kidnapping and murder of Janet Acosta

The Florida Supreme Court rejected an argument that the state’s lethal injection procedure violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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A new Florida law cracks down on migrants without the required documentation

President Donald Trump emerged as the biggest winner in the immigration settlement between the Florida governor and legislature.
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Loran Cole is set to be executed Thursday — despite questions about Parkinson’s and Dozier abuse — after a Supreme Court decision

The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal by Loran Cole, convicted of killing a Florida State University student 3decades ago.
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Attorneys for Loran Cole argue his execution should be stayed because of his Parkinson’s disease

Attorneys argue that Florida's lethal injection procedures would cause "needless pain and suffering" from symptoms from Parkinson’s disease.
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A condemned killer who was abused at the Dozier School appeals to the Florida Supreme Court

Death Row inmate Loran Cole appealed to the Florida Supreme Court to try to prevent his scheduled Aug. 29 execution.
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An appeals court says a Hillsborough man can be sentenced to death even if a jury recommendation is not unanimous

A man charged is subject to a 2023 law that allows death sentences to be imposed after non-unanimous jury recommendations.
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Jeb Bush says he regrets not revamping the death penalty when he was Florida governor

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush regrets not having time when he was in office to reform Florida’s death penalty process.
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A new death penalty rule in Florida is a ‘game of chance’ that unconstitutionally “silences Black voices,” groups say

Groups argue that a change in Florida's death-penalty process unconstitutionally “silences Black voices.”
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