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Review the Times' day-by-day coverage of the 2002 Florida Legislature

January 14, 2003

State death penalty review? Not in Fla.
Unlike Illinois, both pro- and anti-death penalty advocates in Florida agree there isn't support for a review of the system.

Graham works to protect his turf
He wants to slow rivals - such as Joe Lieberman - from grabbing early support in Florida for a presidential run.

Nonworker falls to death
SARASOTA -- A man wearing work clothes and a hard hat walked onto a construction site Monday and fell to his death from a 17-story condominium.

Around the state
State begins investigation of house arrest program

Cuban spy's ex-wife buys plane at Key West auction
The woman bought the plane for $7,000 and hopes to sell it privately for more money.

Deputy beaten, but jailbreak foiled
FORT MYERS -- Three teen inmates have been charged with trying to kill a Lee County sheriff's deputy during an escape attempt.

From AP's Florida news wire
  • Hurricane Jeanne appears on track to hit Florida's east coast
  • Rumor mill working overtime after Florida hurricanes
  • Developments associated with Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne
  • Four killed in Panhandle plane crash were on Ivan charity mission
  • Hurricane Frances caused estimated $4.4 billion in insured damage
  • Disabled want more handicapped-accessible voting machines
  • USF forces administrators to resign over test score changes
  • Man's death at Universal Studios ruled accidental
  • State child welfare workers in Miami fail to do background checks
  • Hurricane Jeanne heads toward southeast U.S. coast
  • Hurricane Jeanne spurs more anxiety for storm-weary Floridians
  • Mistrial declared in case where teen was target of racial "joke"
  • Panhandle utility wants sewer plant moved to higher ground
  • State employee arrested on theft, bribery charges
  • Homestead house fire kills four children, one adult
  • Pierson leader tries to cut off relief to local fern cutters
  • Florida's high court rules Terri's law unconstitutional
  • Jacksonville students punished for putting stripper pole in dorm
  • FEMA handling nearly 600,000 applications for help
  • Man who killed wife, niece, self also killed mother in 1971
  • Producer sues city over lead ball fired by Miami police
  • Tourism suffers across Florida after pummeling by hurricanes
  • Key dates in the life of Terri Schiavo
  • An excerpt from the unanimous ruling in the Schiavo case
  • Four confirmed dead after small plane crash in Panhandle
  • Correction: Disney-Cruise Line story

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