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Florida execution called off after DeSantis withdraws death warrant for first time

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Governor halts execution of William Lee Thompson, after Christa Pike survived failed lethal injections Ron DeSantis cancelled a planned execution in the state on Friday, days before a 74-year-old man was due to be killed by lethal injection.

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Both outlets center on DeSantis withdrawing a death warrant and calling off the execution, and both link that move to the recent failed lethal injections involving Christa Pike. The Hill foregrounds that this is the first such withdrawal since DeSantis became governor, while The Guardian US leads with the execution being called off and says the governor halted the execution days before William Lee Thompson was due to die.

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