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Florida Supreme Court weigh dispute over death penalty law change
WJAX via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAfter Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature this spring eliminated a requirement for unanimous jury...
Florida poised to become the most death-penalty friendly state | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast week, Gov. DeSantis signed Florida’s second death warrant of 2023, scheduling the execution of...
Florida courts grapple with death penalty changes, leads to ‘chaos’ in legal system
WJAX via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA new state law lowering the number of jurors required to recommend death sentences has spurred a...
Florida bill would no longer require unanimous jury recommendations in death penalty cases
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTALLAHASSEE — With backing from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers could scrap a requirement that...
Injection, electrocution, hanging, firing squad: How does Florida execute people?
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlabama officials executed a convicted killer Jan. 25, becoming the first state to use nitrogen...
Florida lawmakers pass major death penalty change
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Florida House on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would eliminate a requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before judges can...
One Of Four Convicted Of Burying Florida Couple Alive Resentenced To Life
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Florida man once sentenced to die by execution will instead spend the rest of his life in prison...
Past time to end capital punishment: Sentencing process still isn't fair, fully transparent
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs an advocate for sensible gun safety regulation, including a permanent ban on assault weapons, and...
Convicted child killer faces death penalty once again in Broward. Is it the last time?
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoDecades after the crime, a Broward jury is the third to decide if a convicted child molester should...
Former death row inmate serving life for Pensacola woman's murder dies in prison
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA man serving life in a Florida prison for beating and stabbing a Pensacola woman to death in 2001 died in prison Thursday, Florida's Department of Corrections told the News Journal. Willie ...