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Florida marks 25 years since death penalty's return
Florida prepares to execute John Blackwelder on the 25th anniversary of John Spenkelink's 1979 death as officials note 25 years with 910 executions nationwide and 44 in Florida. Blackwelder seeks death, claiming involvement in a 2000 prison killing to secure the sentence.
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Florida
Starke
Fla
John Spenkelink
Electric Chair
U.S. Supreme Court
Spenkelink
Joseph Szymankiewicz
Tallahassee
Szymankiewicz
Tion
Blackwelder
Fort Pierce
Florida Supreme Court
Raymond Wigley
Union Correctional Institution
Abe Bonowitz
Floridians For
David Kendall
Washington, D.C
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John A. Spenkelink
John Blackwelder