As the US Supreme Court considers whether Florida's use of the electric chair amounts to ‘cruel and unusual punishment’, the State legislators offer Death Row inmates a ‘choice’ of electric chair or lethal injection. Meanwhile Governor Jeb Bush champions a bill to halve the time available to death row inmates to appeal their convictions.
Article by David Usborne writing in the UK Independent On Sunday, Jan 9 2000. (JPEG image: 200kb)
