The family of death row inmate William Reaves is publicly asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to grant him clemency before his scheduled Oct. 20 execution for the 1986 murder of Indian River County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Raczkowski. Reaves, now 77, has spent nearly four decades on death row after fatally shooting the 29-year-old deputy four times

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