The first article discusses the history and transition from “Old Sparky” to lethal injection for Florida executions. Thirty-three years ago, John Spenkelink  was the first inmate to be executed in Florida, and the second in the country, after the re-legalization of capital punishment in 1976. Since then, 1,289 inmates have been executed in the country — 72 from Florida. Spenkelink was seated and strapped into the three-legged electric oak chair, where three surges of 2,250-volt shocks killed him. Condemned killer David Alan Gore, scheduled to be executed on Thursday [April 12], will be on his back, strapped onto a gurney under a white sheet. He’ll have one intravenous tube on each arm and die by lethal injection. Attorneys representing Gore on Tuesday [April 10] took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to stop his execution at Florida State Prison. Gore’s attorneys filed motions before the nation’s high court after the Florida Supreme Court on Monday [April 9] denied a post conviction appeal.  (Read Full Article Here)