Tag Archives: Florida Supreme Court

After 33 years on death row and three rescheduled execution dates, Michael Ray Lambrix, also known as Cary Lambrix, was executed Thursday at the Florida State Prison near Starke.

Editor’s note: 57-year-old Cary Michael Lambrix was convicted in 1984 for two first-degree murders of Clarence Moore and Aleisha Bryant in Glades County. Lambrix insisted he was innocent, claiming he killed Moore in self-defense when he found Moore strangling Bryant. He spent 33 years on death row and avoided execution three …

As of now, 124,000 signatures have been gathered, with at least 600,000 needed by December 31 for the issue to reach the ballot.

On Thursday Mark Asay was sentenced to death for the 1987 murders of two Jacksonville men, after nearly 30 years of waiting on death row. His case sparked controversy, as some of its circumstances were debated for decades.

The Florida Supreme Court won't take up a case that challenged the right of school districts to hold third-graders back when they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test.

Michael Lambrix has been on death row for 33 years. He was convicted in 1984 for two first-degree murders. He's dodged execution three times.

After thousands of signatures were rounded up, the Florida Supreme Court will rule on whether it will allow the Voting Restoration Amendment to be on the ballot in the 2018 election.