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EXECUTION: Appeal rejectedFrom Page 1Abuilt in 1923, earlier this year. But the electrical equipment is the same as was used in March 1998 to execute four inmates in a nine-day period.Lawyers for both Provenzano and Davis argued unsuccessfully in the Florida Supreme Court last week that the voltage in the last four executions fell short of the amount needed to kill painlessly.The Florida Supreme Court rejected that appeal last week anda similar appeal filed Tliesday. Both rulings have been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.In May 1982, Davis had a friend drive him to his parents’ house in Jacksonville so that he could break into a neighbor’s home.Meanwhile, an Orlando judge reviewing Provenzano’s request for an evidentiary hearing into his sanity denied the motion Wednesday afternoon.Provenzano’s lawyers appealed that ruling to the Florida Supreme Court.
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Thu, Jul 08, 1999
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