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COLUMBIA The attorney general’s office has requested that Ryan Ferguson’s appeal be pushed back again. Ferguson, who was convicted for the 2001 murder of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt, recently received a boost in his appeal for a new trial when co-defendant Charles Erickson recanted his testimony implicating Ferguson in the crime. Erickson said he acted alone instead, and …

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Prosecutors ask for second extension in Ferguson case

The only woman on Florida’s death row, who was convicted for her role in the murders of a Jacksonville couple, lost an appeal today in the state Supreme Court.

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Only woman on Florida’s death row loses appeal (The Tampa Tribune)