Tompkins asks Florida Justices For Stay of Execution
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Posted: 9:38 AM Feb 9, 2009
Tompkins asks Florida Justices For Stay of Execution
A death row inmate wants the Florida Supreme Court to stay his execution.
Reporter: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP)
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The Kentucky State Penitentiary's execution chamber at the prison near Eddyville, Ky. Inmates are arguing before the Supreme Court that the lethal "three drug cocktail" administered here causes the condemned to suffer excruciating pain during their executions. (AP/S.L. Dennee, Paducah Sun)
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