abolish the death penalty, part two

A gal named cessna asked me which Florida governor didn't sign death warrants. Well, it turns out I exaggerated somewhat. Florida's death penalty was declared unconstitutional, along with other federal and state capital punishment laws, in 1972. For about seven years prior to that, beginning in 1965, there was an unofficial moratorium on executions, nationwide. No executions took place in Florida from 1964 to 1979, which covers Reubin Askew's two terms as governor. In 1976, the laws of several states including Florida were upheld by the Supreme Court. Florida's first execution after that moratorium was John Spenkelink's in May of 1979. There were no more in Florida for the next four years. Back to cessna's question: There were no executions during Bob Graham's first term in office (1979 to 1983) except for Spenkelink's, but whether he signed death warrants during that time, I don't know. After his re-election, there were eight executions in 1984 alone.