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Jul 18, 2007 11:57 pm US/Eastern

Gov. Crist Signs First Death Warrant

Lethal Injections To Resume In November

Executions Were Suspended In Dec. After Botched Execution

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TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) ― Gov. Charlie Crist has signed his first death warrant since taking office in January, ending a temporary halt on lethal injections that was imposed because of a botched execution last year.

Mark Dean Schwab, 38, is scheduled to be executed November 15, Crist said on Wednesday. Schwab was sentenced to death in 1992 after he was convicted of first-degree murder, sexual battery upon a child and kidnapping of a child under 13.

Then-Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all Florida executions in December after a medical examiner said that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death. Since then the state has adopted the recommendations of a panel to make the process work better.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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