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Florida inmates win stays as executions withheld
In Starke Florida inmates Charles Proffitt and Robert Sullivan avoid the electric chair after federal judges grant stays hours before scheduled execution at Florida State Prison. Attorneys pursue lengthy appeals claiming ineffective counsel and constitutional violations while officials prepare witness arrangements and possible last words microphone.
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Starke
Fla
Charles W. Proffitt
Robert A. Sullivan
Sullivan
Proffitt
Florida State Prison
U.S
Jose Gonzalez
Fort Lauderdale
William Terrell Hodges
Jacksonville
Robert Glander
Tampa
Joel Medgebow
Homestead
Donald Schmidt
Hodges
David Brierton