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Fla. Supreme Court Refuses Stay For Child Killer
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Published: November 8, 2007
TALLAHASSEE - Florida's high court on Wednesday denied a stay of execution for a child killer although the U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled whether the lethal injection procedure used in most states, including Florida, is cruel and unusual punishment.
That constitutional question is pending before the federal justices in appeals by two Kentucky inmates.
The Florida Supreme Court also rejected requests to rehear its rulings that last week denied similar challenges from Mark Dean Schwab, who is scheduled for execution Nov. 15, and a second condemned inmate not currently under a death warrant.
The state court denied Schwab's request for a stay with a 5-2 vote.
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