Graham was Governor when Florida became the first State to have an involuntary execution following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Furman v. Georgia (1972) and Gregg v. Georgia (1976).
retired from the US Senate. I told him that he was the only Democrat that I have ever voted for. He laughed at that but I ribbed him a bit about one death sentence commutation. He took it well and asked me for my business card to possibly do work for him in Miami. I never heard from him.
I met Bob many years after he
retired from the US Senate. I told him that he was the only Democrat that I have ever voted for. He laughed at that but I ribbed him a bit about one death sentence commutation. He took it well and asked me for my business card to possibly do work for him in Miami. I never heard from him.