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May 28, 2024 · Florida’s 8-4 death penalty law creates a ‘game of chance,’ groups say. Resentencing standards hinge on “an arbitrary line-drawing based on the date” the sentencing was finalized, an...
May 29, 2024 · Jackson’s case — the first direct Florida Supreme Court death-penalty appeal under the 2023 law — also drew a brief Tuesday from groups and Black state lawmakers alleging the 8-4 law...
Jun 3, 2024 · An amicus brief, or friend-of-the-court brief, submitted to the Florida Supreme Court argues that this change to the state’s death penalty process violates capital defendants’ rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
May 28, 2024 · That ruling led the Florida Supreme Court to decide unanimous recommendations were required for death sentences, which the Legislature later enshrined in state law. Justices ordered resentencing for about 150 Death Row inmates who had been sentenced based on non-unanimous jury recommendations.
May 29, 2024 · Jackson’s case — the first direct Florida Supreme Court death-penalty appeal under the 2023 law — also drew a brief Tuesday from groups and Black state lawmakers alleging the 8-4 law unconstitutionally violates equal protection rights of jurors and “silences Black voices.”
Apr 20, 2023 · Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday ending a unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing, a response to a verdict that spared the life of a school shooter who killed 17 people.
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May 8, 2023 · Now two new Florida death penalty laws –– one making child sexual assault eligible for the death penalty and one eliminating the juror unanimity requirement for imposing the death penalty...
