Florida juries would have to unanimously agree that defendants should be condemned to death for the sentence to be imposed, under a proposal given swift and overwhelming approval at its first Senate committee Monday
Read More »Florida Airport Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
Esteban Santiago, the suspect in the Florida airport shooting spree in which five people were killed and six were wounded pleaded not guilty Monday.
Read More »Proposal Could Resolve Key Death Penalty Issue
In response to a Florida Supreme Court ruling last October, lawmakers today filed a measure that would require unanimous jury recommendations for death sentences to be imposed.
Read More »Thousands Petition To Prevent Priest’s Alleged Killer From Receiving Death Penalty
Over seven thousand people have signed a petition calling for a slain St. Augustine priest's alleged killer not to receive the death penalty in Georgia.
Read More »Airport Shooting Suspect Blamed ‘Mind Control,’ ISIS Ties
According to authorities at a hearing Tuesday, the man suspected of wounding six and fatally shooting five people at a Florida airport told investigators initially he was under government mind control and then claimed to be inspired by Islamic State websites and chatrooms.
Read More »Airport Shooting Suspect Makes Court Appearance
Esteban Santiago, the suspect accused of opening fire at a Fort Lauderdale airport, appeared in court Monday.
Read More »2016 Roundup: Kind of Weird, Huh?
In 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the White House. The Cubs won the World Series. And Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In other words, it was the kind of year that seemed designed to make Florida news look normal.
Read More »Exiting Justice Rails On “Discriminatory” Death Penalty
Justice James E.C. Perry on Thursday rendered a blistering analysis of the manner in which the death penalty is carried out in Florida.
Read More »Florida May Let Some Death Row Inmates Avoid Executions
More than half of Florida's inmates sentenced to death may avoid execution under a far-reaching ruling handed down by the state's Supreme Court.
Read More »Lawyers For Death Row Inmate Fire Back At Bondi
Lawyers for a Death Row inmate Larry Darnell Perry are blasting Attorney General Pam Bondi's request that the Florida Supreme Court clarify a decision that struck down a new law because it did not require unanimous jury recommendations in death-penalty cases.
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