Fla. ends temporary halt to executions

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Gov. Charlie Crist signed his first death warrant Wednesday, ending a temporary halt on lethal injections that had been imposed after a botched execution last year.

Mark Dean Schwab, a convicted child killer, is scheduled to be executed November 15, Crist said.

Last December, then-Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all Florida executions after a medical examiner determined prison officials had botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death. Angel Nieves Diaz's execution took 34 minutes—twice as long as usual—and required a rare second dose of lethal chemicals.

Since then, the state has adopted the recommendations of a panel to improve the state's lethal injection process.


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