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,Jul 22, 2021
In Posthumously Released Video, Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Calls for End to Death Penalty
In a video interview posthumously released on the anniversary of the first modern exoneration of a Florida death-row prisoner, former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogan has called for abolition of the state’s death penalty. “I believe that the death penalty should absolutely not be a punishment delivered by the State of Florida, or for that matter, neither any place in the United States or the world,” Kogan said. The interview was recorded by attorney and filmmaker Ted Corless…