Opinion ID: 1792153
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Heading: Issue 4: Lethal Injection

Text: Parker claims that execution by lethal injection or electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. However, this Court has repeatedly held that neither form of execution is cruel and unusual punishment. See, e.g., Provenzano v. State, 761 So.2d 1097, 1099 (Fla.2000) (concluding that execution by lethal injection does not amount to cruel and/or unusual punishment); Provenzano v. Moore, 744 So.2d 413, 415 (Fla.1999) (stating that Florida's electric chair is not cruel or unusual punishment), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1182, 120 S.Ct. 1222, 145 L.Ed.2d 1122 (2000). Therefore, relief on this claim is denied.