Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 33-104.201 - Representation of News Media at Executions
(1) Representatives of the news media may be
present at the executions of offenders sentenced to death. The representatives
of the news media shall be chosen as follows:
(a) The Director of the Florida Radio Network
may designate one news reporter to be its media representative.
(b) The Florida Bureau Chief of the
Associated Press Wire Service may designate one news reporter to be its media
representative.
(c) The Florida
Association of Broadcasters, through its Executive Vice-President, may
designate five pool news reporters to be the representatives for radio and
television media within the State, including one from within the county where
the offense occurred.
(d) The
Florida Press Association, through its Executive Director, may designate five
pool news reporters to be the representatives for newspapers within the State,
including one pool reporter from a newspaper published within the county where
the offense occurred.
(2)
The names of the news reporters who will represent each of the above-mentioned
classes of news media and designated alternates shall be sent in writing to the
Secretary of the Department of Corrections and signed by the person authorized
to make the designation. Only properly designated representatives or their
designated alternates whose names are received by the Secretary at least seven
(7) working days prior to the execution, or a shorter time period when
determined necessary by the Secretary, shall be admitted to witness the
execution. In the event that any designee fails to appear as set out in Rule
33-104.202, F.A.C., the next
available alternate designated for such class shall be admitted to attend in
the absent designee's place.
(3) In
the event that more than one execution is conducted in any single day, the same
media representatives shall be the designees for those executions, with the
exception of the representatives of the county newspaper and county broadcaster
if the crimes of offenders to be executed occurred in different
counties.
(4) In the event of a
stay, the same media witnesses will be retained so long as the execution is
rescheduled and held within sixty (60) days.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 944.09 FS. Law Implemented 922.11, 944.23 FS.
New 10-11-77, Amended 3-10-80, Formerly 33-15.01, 33-15.001, Amended 8-4-08.
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