Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi (R) on Tuesday publicly apologized for requesting that a scheduled execution be pushed back because it conflicted with a fundraiser to kick off her reelection bid.
“I should not have requested the execution be moved. It had been (delayed) twice,” Bondi told reporters, as quoted by the Tampa Tribune.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) granted the request, moving the execution of convicted killer Marshall Lee Gore from Sept. 10 to Oct. 1.
“And just so you know, (Gore) has filed another motion this past Friday, asking that it be (delayed) once again,” Bondi said. “And we are fighting that.”
“But I should not have moved it,” she continued. “I’m sorry. And it will not happen again. Next question.”
Bondi declined to answer a reporter who asked to confirm the delay was requested due to the fundraiser conflict, according to the newspaper. She also declined to say who in her office made the request.
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