Donald Schneble

Seventy-four-year-old former shrimp fisherman Donald Schneble is a convicted murderer whose death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the 1972 Supreme Court Furman v. Georgia decision. He spent five years out on parole running a successful business before he landed back in jail on a non-criminal parole violation. He has no further chance for parole.

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Furman v. Georgia
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has a report honoring the 30th anniversary of the Supreme Court case, Furman v. Georgia and discussing how this landmark case has effected our criminal justice system today.

Florida's Department of Correction-Fact Sheet
Information about Florida's death penalty, including general facts and statistics, a list of those on death row and living conditions on death row.

The Deadline DVD features an additional scene with Donald Schneble in which he discusses prison, parole and freedom.

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