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Death Penalty Reform Act goes to Supreme Court.
Now, it was the Florida Supreme Court's chance to question what lawmakers had done in a rushed special session to overhaul death-penalty appeals aimed to carry out executions faster.
During a marathon session of more than five hours of oral arguments involving 21 lawyers on March 14, the justices expressed concerns about the Death Penalty Reform Act of 2000. Most of the justices' questions dealt with the new law's strict time limits on appeals without giving judges the flexibility to grant extensions, and the requirement of showing constitutional error before claims of innocence may be raised. In an uncommon exchange, key lawmakers who helped push the...See the full content of this document
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