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Reuters
Mar 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/25/97
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<I><B><CLARI-ITEM COPYRIGHT>Copyright 1997 by Reuters</CLARI-ITEM></B></I> / <I><CLARI-ITEM DATE>Tue, 25 Mar 1997 7:01:38 PST</CLARI-ITEM></I><P>
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<P> STARKE, Fla. (Reuter) - Florida's electric chair
malfunctioned during an execution Tuesday, sending a six-inch
flame and a cloud of smoke from the right side of killer Pedro
Medina's head, corrections officials said.</P>
<P> Despite the fire and smoke, Florida Department of Correction
spokeswoman Kerry Slack said the execution was not interrupted
and Medina appeared to react to the lethal surges of electricity
in a way similar to previously executed prisoners.</P>
<P> Medina, 39, was pronounced dead at 7:10 a.m.</P>
<P> Slack said the malfunction sent a thick cloud of smoke
through the execution chamber, prompting a security officer to
open a window to let out the smoke.</P>
<P> Medina, who spent 14 years on Florida's Death Row, was
executed for the 1982 stabbing murder of an Orlando physical
education teacher.</P>
<P> In a brief statement just before his execution Medina
said: ``I'm still innocent.''</P>
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