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Feb 12, 2002

Ruling Could Force Florida to Commute Execution

BY LESLEY CLARK Miami Herald Some of Florida’s most noto­ri­ous mur­der­ers could see their sen­tences com­mut­ed to life in prison — and many could even apply for parole — depend­ing on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a mur­der case out of Arizona. In its most far-reach­ing cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment case since the 1970s, the court will decide whether it is con­sti­tu­tion­al for a judge, rather than a jury, to sen­tence con­vict­ed killers to death. Judges make the final deci­sions in Florida, Arizona and…

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