DeSantis cancels Florida execution in first death warrant withdrawal of his tenure
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Ron DeSantis cancelled the planned lethal injection of William Lee Thompson, 74, days before his Tuesday execution for the 1976 murder and kidnapping of Sally Ivester; his lawyers say he has dementia. DeSantis signed Thursday to withdraw the warrant without stating why, the first such reversal in nearly eight years as governor. The move came just over a week after Tennessee’s botched execution of Christa Pike, 50, who survived two injections on 30 September and was later up and walking with severe arm injuries. This week the Pentagon said it would livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Malik Hasan for killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.
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