Inmates have been moved to more robust buildings that are better equipped to survive what are expected to be dangerous conditions, according to the Dept. of Corrections.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – With Florida making it easier for juries to impose the death sentence, two formerly condemned inmates who are still behind bars are warning that the change gives too much power over life and death to elected prosecutors. Their concerns are at odds with some families of murder …
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The execution of Louis Gaskin was carried out by a lethal injection Wednesday evening at the Florida State Prison in Raiford. Gaskin had been convicted in 1990 of killing Robert and Georgette Sturmfels in the couple’s Flagler County winter home. A group of several dozen people, mostly from the Our …
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Schoolchildren, teachers, anti-death penalty advocates and attorneys gathered across the street from the Florida State Prison in Raiford Thursday protesting the execution of David Dillbeck, a convicted murderer.
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A plan to shut down up to four Florida state prisons is drawing concern from officials in rural areas, where some rely on correctional facilities for jobs.
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Theirs was the first class at the prison to graduate from the State Contracted Electrical Program.
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Raiford is Union Juvenile Residential Facility currently holding 24 young men from ages 13 to 18. For the next few months a team of theater and education workers from Gainesville will make weekly visits to the detention center to help rehabilitate these young men.
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Michael Lambrix, who was convicted in 1984 on two counts of first-degree murder, maintained his innocence at a press conference Tuesday, two days before his scheduled execution.
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