‘A mess for a while’: Changes to Florida’s death penalty laws causing issues in high-profile local murder cases
Read full article: ‘A mess for a while’: Changes to Florida’s death penalty laws causing issues in high-profile local murder casesAttorneys are calling the changes to Florida’s death penalty law a real problem that could set up years of litigation.
New death penalty law raises questions about on-going cases
Read full article: New death penalty law raises questions about on-going casesOne day after Governor DeSantis signed new legislation which lowers the threshold for a jury vote on death penalty cases, there's one very important unanswered question, in which cases will the law apply?
ACLU calls jury selection processes in Jacksonville death penalty cases ‘discriminatory’
Read full article: ACLU calls jury selection processes in Jacksonville death penalty cases ‘discriminatory’Defense attorneys in two death penalty cases are challenging what they say is a discriminatory jury selection process.
EXPLAINER: The death penalty in Florida
Read full article: EXPLAINER: The death penalty in FloridaMarkeith Loyd on Wednesday became the latest person to be handed a death penalty recommendation by a jury in Florida, stemming from his guilty verdict in the 2017 murder of Orlando police Lt. Debra Clayton.