Florida execution called off after DeSantis withdraws death warrant for first time

Governor halts execution of William Lee Thompson, after Christa Pike survived failed lethal injections

Ron DeSantis cancelled a planned execution in the state on Friday, days before a 74-year-old man was due to be killed by lethal injection.

The move - the first time Florida's governor has withdrawn a death warrant in his nearly eight years in office - comes just over a week after the botched execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee.