Sunday, September 24, 2006

The Death Warrant - Danny Rolling

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Danny Harold Rolling Death Warrant 9/23/2006

DEATH WARRANT

WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, did on the 24th day of August, 1990, murder Sonya Larson; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, did on the 24th day of August, 1990, murder Christina Powell; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, did on the 25th day of August, 1990, murder Christa Hoyt; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, did on the 27th day of August, 1990, murder Manny Taboada; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, did on the 27th day of August, 1990, murder Tracy Paules; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, did on the 15th day of February, 1994, enter a plea of guilty to five counts of First Degree Murder; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, on the 20th day of April, 1994, was sentenced to death for the murder of victim Sonya Larson; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, on the 20th day of April, 1994, was sentenced to death for the murder of victim Christina Powell; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, on the 20th day of April, 1994, was sentenced to death for the murder of victim Christa Hoyt; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, on the 20th day of April, 1994, was sentenced to death for the murder of victim Manny Taboada; and
WHEREAS, DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, on the 20th day of April, 1994, was sentenced to death for the murder of victim Tracy Paules; and
WHEREAS, on the 20th day of March, 1997, the Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the death sentences received by DANNY HAROLD ROLLING; and
WHEREAS, on the 17th day of November, 1997, the United States Supreme Court denied the Petition for Writ of Certiorari; and
WHEREAS, on June 27, 2002, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of the Motion for Post-Conviction Relief; and
WHEREAS, on July 1, 2005, the United States District Court, Northern District, denied a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; and
WHEREAS, on February 9, 2006, the United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court’s denial of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2006, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the 11th Circuit Court Appeals denial of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; and
WHEREAS, no appeals are pending; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that Executive Clemency, as authorized by Article IV, Section 8(a), Florida Constitution, is not appropriate; and
WHEREAS, attached hereto is a certified copy of the record pursuant to Section 922.052, Florida Statutes;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JEB BUSH, as Governor of the State of Florida and pursuant to the authority and responsibility vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of Florida, do hereby issue this warrant directing the Warden of the Florida State Prison to cause the sentence of death to be executed upon DANNY HAROLD ROLLING, in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of Florida.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have

hereunto set my hand and
caused the Great Seal of the
State of Florida to be affixed
at Tallahassee, the Capitol,
this 22nd day of September, 2006.

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