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May 29, 2024 · Imposing sentences of death based on chance is the antithesis of the protections afforded by the Eighth Amendment and, likewise, article I, section 17, of the Florida Constitution,” Kalmanson ...
Apr 20, 2023 · The change, which will allow juries to recommend a death sentence with an 8-to-4 vote, was prompted by a Florida jury’s decision last year to sentence to life in prison without parole the...
Nov 11, 2021 · Today, Florida has more than 13,600 people serving life without parole, far more than any other state and almost a quarter of the total nationwide. Though this sentence is widely seen as an alternative to the death penalty, which is used in murder cases, 44% of the people serving it in Florida were not convicted of that crime, according to our ...
Aug 23, 2023 · The change — prompted by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz receiving a life sentence after a jury did not unanimously recommend death — gave Florida the lowest death-penalty jury...
Nov 12, 2021 · POLITICS. 'Some call it a slow death;' a critical look at Florida's PRR law. By Erin Murray Pinellas County. PUBLISHED 3:10 PM ET Nov. 12, 2021. FLORIDA — Life in prison without parole is...
May 22, 2021 · Life-without-parole sentences are steadily replacing the death penalty across the United States. Almost 56,000 people nationwide are now serving sentences that will keep them locked up until they die, an increase of 66% since 2003, according to The Sentencing Project, a nonprofit that advocates for shorter prison terms.
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Nov 11, 2021 · But Florida and others virtually ended parole a generation ago, and life sentences became permanent. Today, Florida has more than 13,600 people serving life without parole, far more...
