Florida stay of execution denial [FL SC]

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Florida stay of execution denial [FL SC]

November 7, 2007 09:52:00 am

Mark Dean Schwab v. State of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida, November 7, 2007 [denying a stay of execution for death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab despite a pending review of the constitutionality of lethal injection by the US Supreme Court]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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