‘Too Sick To Be Executed’: Dying Florida Inmate Appeals To State Supreme Court As Lethal Injection Looms
Sep 29, 2026
Attorneys for 74-year-old death row inmate William Lee Thompson have appealed to the Supreme Court of Florida, arguing he is “too sick to be executed” and that carrying out his lethal injection would inflict agonizing, unconstitutional pain. In an initial brief filed late Monday afternoon, Thomp
son’s defense team asked the state high court to overturn […]
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