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    Jury Recommendations for Florida Death Row

    Last updated October 22 2020.

    Jury Recommendations for Florida's Death Row

    To be eligible for Hurst an inmate’s non unanimous sentence wasn’t upheld by the State Supreme Court before June 24, 2002.

    Hurst remands mainly took place between October 2016 to November 2018. Due to the sake of space I won’t be noting the exact dates for many of them.

    On January 23,2020 the Florida Supreme Court ruled in State v. Poole that Hurst was applied in error, overruling Hurst and leaving most of the cases here in further limbo. 9 inmates missed the window to appeal Hurst.

    If a person has a 1st 2nd that means that they had more then one sentencing hearing. If someone has 7-5,8-4 they were given different recommendations for different murders at the same sentencing.


    Stats


    Total Number of People listed 384.
    Not affected 243, Affected 141, Executed 7, Sentences Remanded 132, Resentenced 37, Reinstated 4.
    Waived Right to Jury 23
    Judge Overruled Jury 2
    7-5 41
    8-4 52
    9-3 69
    10-2 67
    11-1 58
    12-0 73

    The reason that the numbers above don't add up exactly is due to deaths and other court rulings that have occurred that didn't involve Hurst.
    5 Women


    • Emilia L. Carr 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to Life in 2017.
    • Ana Maria Cardona 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Tiffany Ann Cole 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Tina Lasonya Brown 12-0
    • Margaret Ann Allen 12-0







    Men

    22 Waived Right to Jury prior to Hurst
    • Andrew Richard Allred Waived Right to Jury
    • James Phillip Barnes Waived Right to Jury
    • Charles Brant Waived Right to Jury.
    • Matthew Lee Caylor Waived Right to Jury
    • Edward Covington Waived Right to Jury
    • Leon Davis, Jr Waived Right to Jury
    • Kenneth Louis Dessaure, Jr. Waived Right to Jury
    • Ricardo Gill Waived the Right to a jury
    • Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson Waived Right to Jury
    • Ronald Alan Knight Waived Right to Jury
    • Bill Paul Marquardt Waived Right to Jury
    • Khadafy Mullens Waived Right to Jury
    • Roderick Michael Orme Waived Right to Jury
    • Kenneth Darcell Quince Waived Right to Jury
    • James Robertson Waived Right to Jury
    • Jeremiah Martel Rodgers Waived Right to Jury
    • Michael Lee Robinson Waived Right to Jury.
    • David Byron Russ Waived Right to Jury
    • Hector Gabriel Sanchez-Torres Waived Right to Jury
    • Anthony Spann Waived Right to Jury
    • Mark A. Twilegar Waived Right to Jury. Died in 2019.
    • Terance Valentine 1st 10-2 2nd Waived Right to Jury
    • Craig Alan Wall Waived Right to Jury
    • Tavares Wright Waived Right to Jury


    Matthew Marshall and William Thomas Zeigler's, Jr trial judge overruled their jury’s recommendation of life and sentenced them to death at the end of their penalty phases.




    41, 7-5 recommendations prior to Hurst
    • Robin Lee Archer 1st 7-5 2nd 7-5. Died of natural causes in 2022.
    • Paul Alfred Brown 7-5
    • Thomas Theo Brown 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2022.
    • Tavares Calloway 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Adam William Davis 7-5 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2021
    • William Roger Davis III 7-5. Hasn’t filed a Hurst appeal.
    • Samuel Jason Derrick 1st 8-4 2nd 7-5
    • Etheria Verdel Jackson 7-5
    • William Arthur Gregory 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Victor Guzman 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Robert Lee Hobart 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to LWOP in 2018.
    • Timothy Lee Hurst 7-5. Namesake of ruling. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Jermaine LeBron 1st 6-6 2nd 7-5 3rd 7-5 4th 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to death in 2018.
    • Richard Lee McCoy 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to Life in 2017.
    • Marbel Mendoza 7-5
    • David Miller, Jr 7-5
    • Anthony Mungin 7-5
    • Dominick Occhicone 7-5
    • Alex Pagan 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Bruce Douglas Pace 7-5
    • Khalid Ali Pasha 7-5 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Eric Kurt Patrick 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Robert Earl Peterson 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2023.
    • Galante Phillips 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Harry Franklin Phillips 7-5
    • Thomas William Rigterink 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Richard Todd Robards 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Paul William Scott 7-5
    • Richard Earl Shere, Jr. 7-5
    • Jack Rilea Sliney 7-5
    • Dusty Ray Spencer 7-5
    • Ernest D. Suggs 7-5
    • William Lee Thompson 7-5
    • Tony Randall Watts 7-5
    • Ernest Whitfield 7-5
    • Darious Wilcox 7-5. Hasn’t filed a Hurst appeal.
    • Thomas Davis Woodel 7-5. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Ralph Wright, Jr 7-5. Charges were dropped on 5/11/2017.
    • Edward Zakrzewski II 7-5




    52, 8-4 recommendations prior to Hurst.


    • Charles Anderson 8-4. Sentence was remanded on 2017 due to Hurst.
    • Raymond Curtis Bright 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Sentence reinstated 12/8/17.
    • John Michael Buzia 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • John William Campbell 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2021
    • Seburt Nelson Connor 8-4
    • Charles Peterson 8-4 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Frederick W. Cummings-El 8-4
    • Mark Allen Davis 8-4
    • William James Deparvine 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2022
    • Donald Dillbeck 8-4. Executed February 23, 2023
    • Daniel Lee Doyle 8-4
    • Ernest Charles Downs 1st 12-0 2nd 8-4. Died in December 2020.
    • Noel Doorbal 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • James Aren Duckett 8-4.
    • Rasheem Dubose 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2021.
    • Dwight Thomas Eaglin 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Sentence Reinstated in 2020.
    • Richard England 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2022.
    • Konstantinos Fotopoulos 8-4
    • Carlton Francis 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Ruled Incompetent in 2009.
    • Louis B. Gaskin 8-4. Execution Scheduled April 12, 2023
    • Ricardo Gonzalez 1st 7-5 2nd 8-4
    • Donte Jermaine Hall 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Freddie Lee Hall 8-4
    • Steven Douglas Hayward 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • James Herard 8-4. Hasn’t filed a Hurst claim.
    • Ted Herring 8-4
    • Albert R. Holland, Jr 1st 11-1 2nd 8-4
    • Kim Jackson 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Michael James Jackson 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Emanuel Johnson 8-4
    • William Harold Kelley 8-4
    • Cecil Shyron King 8-4 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Robert Pernell McCloud 8-4. Resentenced to life in 2016.
    • Antonio Lebaron Melton 8-4
    • John Franklin Mosley, Jr. 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Robert Dwayne Morris 8-4
    • Rodney Renard Newberry 8-.4 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Daniel Jon Peterka 8-4
    • Norberto Pietri 8-4
    • Richard Randolph 8-4
    • John Loveman Reese 8-4
    • Theodore Rodgers, Jr 8-4 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Billy Jim Sheppard, Jr 8-4. Hasn’t filed a Hurst appeal.
    • Eric Lee Simmons 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Derrick Tyrone Smith 8-4
    • David Beasher Snelgrove 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced in 2017.
    • Perry Alexander Taylor 1st 12-0 2nd 8-4
    • Dwayne Fitzgerald White 8-4. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst .Resentenced to life in 2017.





    69,9-3 recommendations prior to Hurst.

    • Joshua Lee Altersberger 9-3. Sentence was remanded in 2017 due to Hurst.
    • Pressley Bernard Alston 9-3
    • Rafael Andres 9-3. Sentence was remanded in 2017 due to Hurst.
    • Lancelot Uriley Armstrong 9-3. Sentence was remanded in 2017 due to Hurst.
    • Mark James Asay 9-3 Executed on 8/25/2017.
    • Arthur Barnhill III 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Cornelius O. Baker 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Kayle Barrington Bates 1st 11-1 2nd 9-3
    • James Bernard Belcher 9-3. Sentence was remanded on 11/2/2017 due to Hurst.
    • Marvin Lashaun Cannon 9-3. Hasn’t filed a Hurst appeal.
    • Victor A. Caraballo 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to LWOP in 2017.
    • Pinkney "Chip" Carter 8-4, 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Roger Lee Cherry 7-5,9-3
    • Rory Enrique Conde 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Joel Diaz 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to LWOP in 2017.
    • Paul Hawthorne Evans 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Charles W. Finney 9-3
    • Kevin Don Foster 9-3
    • Richard P Franklin 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • John Dwayne Freeman 9-3
    • Andrew Michael Gosciminski 9-3. Hasn’t filed a Hurst Appeal. Died in Late 2020.
    • Robert Roy Gordon 9-3
    • Jerry Leon Haliburton 1st 10-2 2nd 9-3
    • John Lee Hampton 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Kenneth Hartley 9-3
    • Gerhard Hojan 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Reinstated on 12/18/18.
    • James Eugene Hunter 9-3
    • John Steven Huggins 1st 8-4 2nd 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Pablo Ibar 9-3
    • Ray Jackson 9-3 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Clemente Javier Aguirre-Jarquin 7-5,9-3. Charges were dropped on 11/5/2018, was released.
    • David Wyatt Jones 9-3
    • Marvin Burnett Jones 9-3
    • Paul Beasley Johnson 8-4,8-4,9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Ronnie Johnson 9-3
    • Dean Kilgore 9-3
    • Gary Lawrence 9-3
    • Joel Lebron 9-3
    • Andrew Richard Lukehart 9-3
    • Arthur James Martin 9-3 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • David James Martin 9-3 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Pablo San Martin 9-3
    • Meryl Stanley McDonald 9-3
    • Derrick McLean 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Thomas James Moore 9-3
    • Micah Nelson 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Thomas Mitchell Overton 8-4,9-3
    • Phillup Alan Partin 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • David Joseph Pittman 9-3
    • Thomas Dewey Pope 9-3
    • Anthony John Ponticelli 9-3
    • Leroy Pooler 9-3
    • Robert Rimmer 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • James Franklin Rose 1st 11-1 2nd 9-3
    • Milo Andrew Rose 9-3
    • Michael Seibert 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Nelson Serrano 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Jason Andrew Simpson 8-4, 9-3 hasn’t filed a Hurst appeal.
    • Johnny Mack Skeeto Calhoun 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Corey Smith 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Stephen Vincent Smith 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Jason Demetrius Stephens 9-3
    • Eriese Alphonso Tisdale 9-3. Sentence was remanded on 11/8/2018 due to Hurst.
    • George James Trepal 9-3 ^
    • Troy Merck, Jr 1st 9-3 2nd 12-0 3rd 9-3 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Jason Dirk Walton 1st 12-0,11-1,11-1 2nd 9-3
    • Donald Otis Williams 9-3 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Joel Dale Wright 9-3





    67, 10-2 recommendations prior to Hurst.

    • Dane Abdool 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Pedro Hernandez-Alberto 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018,
    • Howard Steven Ault 9-3,10-2. Sentence was due to Hurst.
    • Barry Davis, Jr 9-3,10-2
    • Donald Lenneth Banks 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Michael Shane Bargo 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Curtis Wilkie Beasley 10-2
    • Omar Blanco 10-2
    • Brett Allan Bogle 1st 7-5, 2nd 10-2
    • Brandon Bradley 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Donald Lee Bradley 10-2
    • Eric Scott Branch 10-2. Executed on 2/22/2018.
    • Elijah Brookins 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Allen Ward Cox 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Randall T. Deviney 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Reinstated on 12/11/2017.
    • Wayne Charles Doty 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Paul Durousseau 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Wydell Evans 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life, died in June of 2017.
    • David Sylvester Frances 9-3 and 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst in early 2017.
    • Leonardo Franqui 1st 9-3 2nd 10-2
    • Guy R. Gamble 10-2
    • Dennis Thurnado Glover 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Leonard Patrick Gonzalez, Jr 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Michael Allen Griffin 10-2
    • Thomas Lee Gudinas 10-2
    • Richard Eugene Hamilton 10-2
    • Ronald Palmer Heath 10-2
    • Guerry Hertz 10-2 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Justin Curtis Heyne 8-4,10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • James Ernst Hitchcock 1st 7-5 2nd 12-0 3rd 10-2
    • George Michael Hodges 10-2
    • Willie James Hodges 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Jerone Lamar Hunter 9-3,10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst on 6-15-2017.
    • Kevin Gene Jeffries 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Brandy Bain Jennings 10-2
    • Harry Jones, Jr. 10-2
    • Randall Scott Jones 1st 11-1 2nd 10-2
    • Joseph Edward Jordan 10-2 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Vahtiece Alfonzo Kirkman 10-2. Sentence was remanded on 1/1/2018 due to Hurst.
    • William Kopsho 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Cary Michael (Michael Ray) Lambrix 8-4, 10-2. Executed on 10/5/2017.
    • Jason Brice Looney 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Douglas Blaine Matthews 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Norman Blake McKenzie 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Justin Ryan McMillian 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Dontae Morris 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Jeffrey Allen Muehleman 10-2
    • Joe Elton Nixon 10-2
    • Duane Eugene Owen 10-2
    • Tai A. Pham 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • William Reaves 1st 12-0 2nd 10-2
    • Richard Wallace Rhodes, Jr 1st 7-5 2nd 10-2
    • Randy Lamar Ingram Schoenwetter 10-2, 9-3. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • John Sexton 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Joseph Smith 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Terry Antonio Smith 8-4,10-2. Hasn’t filed a Hurst Appeal
    • Dennis Sochor 10-2
    • Steven Edward Stein 10-2
    • William Earl Sweet 10-2
    • John Calvin Taylor II 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Steven Richard Taylor 10-2
    • James Daniel Turner 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Troy Victorino 7-5,9-3, 10-2, 10-2. Sentence was remanded on 6-15-2017 due to Hurst.
    • Jason Wheeler 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst in Mid 2017.
    • William Melvin White 1st 12-0 2nd 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • Ronnie Keith Williams 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Todd Anthony Zommer 10-2. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst





    58, 11-1 recommendations prior to Hurst.

    • Richard Harold Anderson 11-1
    • Guillermo Octavio Arbelaez 11-1
    • Jeffrey Atwater 11-1
    • Robert James Bailey 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Harrel Franklin Braddy 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Lamar Zenmon Brooks 1st 10-2 2nd 9-3, 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to Life on 8/29/19.
    • Harry Lee Butler 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to Life in 2018.
    • Alphonso Cave 1st 7-5 2nd 10-2 3rd 11-1
    • James Armando Card, Sr 1st 7-5 2nd 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Ronald D. Wayne Clark, Jr 11-1
    • Robert Consalvo 11-1
    • Toney Deron Davis 11-1
    • Labrant Deshawn Dennis 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Luther Douglas 11-1
    • Edward Thomas James 11-1
    • Terry Marvin Ellerbee, Jr. 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to LWOP in 2018.
    • Steven Maurice Evans 11-1
    • Maurice Lamar Floyd 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.
    • James Dennis Ford 11-1
    • James Guzman 3rd11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Harold Lee Harvey, Jr. 11-1
    • Michael A. Hernandez, Jr 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018. Killed his cellmate shorty after.
    • Johnny Hoskins 1st 12-0 2nd 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Connie Ray Israel 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to Life in 2017.
    • Kenneth Ray Jackson 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Bryan Frederick Jennings 1st 11-1 2nd 9-3 3rd 11-1
    • Sonny Jeffries 11-1
    • Richard Allen Johnson 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Leo Louis Kaczmar III 11-1
    • Genghis Nicholas Kocaker 11-.1 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Jonathan Huey Lawrence 11-1. Sentence was remanded in early 2017. Was resentenced to death on 9/12/2018.
    • Anthony LaMarca 11-1
    • Daniel Lugo 11-1. Hasn’t filed a Hurst appeal.
    • Harold Gene Lucas 1st 12-0 2nd 11-1
    • Thomas Ford McCoy 11-1 Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Renaldo McGirth 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Lionel Miller 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2017.Died in 2018.
    • Alvin Leroy Morton 1st 11-1 2nd 11-1
    • Gerald Delane Murray 1st 12-0 2nd 12-0 3rd 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Bessman Okafor 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • J.B. Parker 1st 8-4 2nd 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst.
    • Robert Ira Peede 11-1
    • Mark Anthony Poole 11-1
    • Carl Puiatti 11-1
    • Grover Reed 11-1
    • Henry Perry Sireci 11-1
    • William Silvia, Jr 11-1.
    • Sean Hector Smith 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • William Greg Thomas 11-1
    • John Troy 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst. Resentenced to life in 2018.
    • Melvin Trotter 1st 9-3 2nd 11-1
    • Robert J. Trease 11-1
    • Alan Lyndell Wade 11-1. Sentence was remanded due to Hurst
    • Chadwick Willacy 1st 9-3 2nd 11-1
    • Dana Williamson 11-1
    • Michael Duane Zack III 11-1





    73, 12-0 recommendations prior to Hurst.

    • Michael Bernard Bell 12-0
    • Thomas Bevel 1st 8-4 2nd 12-0
    • Harold Albert Blake 12-0
    • Gary Ray Bowles 1st 10-2 2nd 12-0. Executed on 8/22/2019.
    • Lucious Boyd 12-0
    • Paul Anthony Brown 12-0
    • Daniel Burns, Jr 1st 10-2 2nd 12-0
    • Milford Byrd 12-0
    • Loran K. Cole 12-0
    • Daniel Owen Conahan, Jr 12-0
    • Steven Anthony Cozzie 12-0
    • Willie Seth Crain, Jr 12-0
    • James Milton Dailey 12-0
    • Floyd William Damren 12-0
    • Paul Glenn Everett 12-0
    • Alfred Lewis Fennie 12-0
    • Timothy Wayne Fletcher 1st 8-4 2nd 12-0
    • Franklin Delano Floyd 12-0
    • Jermaine A. Foster 12-0
    • Charles Kenny Foster 12-0
    • Quawn Moses Franklin 12-0
    • Mark Allen Geralds 1st 9-3 2nd 12-0
    • Norman Mearle Grim, Jr 12-0
    • Jesse Guardado 12-0
    • Enoch D. Hall 12-0
    • Patrick Charles Hannon 12-0. Executed on 11/8/2017.
    • Gary Michael Hilton 12-0
    • Lesly Jean-Philippe 12-0
    • Jose Antonio Jimenez 12-0. Executed on 12/13/2018.
    • JoKentrell Feronti Johnson 12-0
    • Ray Lamar Johnston 12-0
    • Victor Tony Jones 10-2, 12-0
    • Henry Lee Jones 12-0
    • Billy Leon Kearse 1st 11-1 2nd 12-0
    • Michael Lee King 12-0
    • Richard Andrew Knight 12-0
    • Gregory Alan Kokal 12-0
    • Anton J. Krawczuk 12-0
    • Ian Deco Lightbourne 12-0
    • Ken Eldon Lott 12-0
    • Robert Joe Long 1st 11-1 2nd 12-0. Executed on 5/23/2019.
    • Rodney Tyrone Lowe 1st 9-3 2nd 12-0
    • Richard E. Lynch 12-0
    • Scott Mansfield 12-0
    • John Christopher Marquard 12-0
    • Gary Bernard McCray II 12-0
    • Douglas Ray Meeks 12-0
    • Dale Glenn Middleton 12-0
    • Raymond Morrison, Jr 12-0
    • Joshua David Nelson 12-0
    • Sonny Boy Oats, Jr 12-0
    • Terence Tabius Oliver 12-0
    • Lenard James Philmore 12-0
    • Bobby Allen Raleigh 12-0
    • Michael T. Rivera 12-0
    • Juan David Rodriguez 12-0
    • Manuel Antonio Rodriguez 12-0
    • Glen Edward Rogers 12-0
    • Neil Salazar 12-0, Sentence was remanded due to Ineffective Counsel in 2017. Was resentenced to LWOP in late 2018.
    • Delmer Smith III 12-0
    • Samuel L, Smithers 12-0
    • David Kelsey Sparre 12-0
    • Kenneth Allen Stewart 1st 12-0 2nd 12-0 3rd 12-0
    • Michael Anthony Tanzi 12-0
    • Quentin Marcus Truehill 12-0
    • Randy W. Tundidor, Sr 12-0
    • Anthony Floyd Wainwright 12-0
    • Frank Athen Walls 1st 7-5 2nd 12-0
    • Curtis Windom 12-0
    • Gary Richard Whitton 12-0
    • Zachary Taylor Wood 12-0
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    Florida Supreme Court won't reinstate death penalty for killers once sentenced to execution

    By David Ovalle
    The Miami Herald

    The Florida Supreme Court won’t be returning dozens of convicted murderers to Death Row.

    In two decisions on Wednesday that clarified months of confusion, justices said they did not have the legal authority to reinstate the death penalty for the killers who had previously been on Death Row, but had sentences tossed out because of legal questions over whether juries must be unanimous in meting out the ultimate punishment.

    In one of the cases, against convicted Orange County murderer Bessman Okafor, the Supreme Court said it could not “lawfully reinstate that sentence” and he deserved a new sentencing hearing. The rulings could affect more than 100 former Death Row inmates who remain convicted of murder, but have been awaiting new sentencing hearings.

    “We acknowledge the burden that resentencing proceedings will place on the victims of Okafor’s crimes,” the court ruled in a unanimous decision. “We also acknowledge the consequences for the victims in similar cases that will be governed by our decision here. Nonetheless, our holding is compelled by applicable law.”

    Critics of the death penalty hailed Wednesday’s decision, even though the Florida Supreme Court earlier this year flip-flopped and decided juries didn’t always need to be unanimous in sentencing someone to die for murder.

    Wednesday’s rulings cleared up some questions, starting with the big one: Ex-Death Row inmates won’t be automatically getting sent back to face execution. And it won’t affect future capital cases. Florida law, for now, has since been changed to require unanimous jury verdicts for a death sentence.

    “Finally, the Florida Supreme Court gives us a good decision,” said Hannah Gorman, who heads the Florida Center for Capital Representation at Florida International University’s College of Law. “One hundred lives now have a shot at a fair penalty trial.”

    In Florida, a 12-person jury listens to evidence and decides whether to sentence someone to die, or give them life in prison. In Miami-Dade, Wednesday’s rulings mean that some of the county’s most notorious killers will indeed have a chance to try to convince a jury to spare their lives.

    Among them: Labrant Dennis, who fatally beat to death University of Miami player Marlon Barnes in 1996; Joel Lebron, the ringleader of a group that kidnapped 18-year-old Ana Maria Angel, raping her and shooting her execution-style in 2002; and Noel Doorbal and Daniel Lugo, two Miami bodybuilders convicted of the kidnapping and grisly dismemberment murders of businessman Frank Griga and his girlfriend, Krisztina Furton.

    The rulings add yet another twist to the years-long legal saga over whether Florida juries must be unanimous in meting out the death sentence.

    For decades, Florida was one of the few states that did not require a jury to decide unanimously on sentencing someone to die for a capital offense. Jurors issued bare majority “advisory” recommendations, with judges imposing execution as a sentence.

    But in January 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the state’s death-penalty sentencing system was unconstitutional because it gave too little power to juries. The Florida Supreme followed up later that year by ruling that jury verdicts need to be unanimous — a decision that overturned the death sentences for at least 151 Death Row inmates.

    Since then, nearly 40 convicted killers wound up getting life prison sentences, and eight got sent back to Death Row after new sentencing hearings presided over by juries, according to FIU’s Center for Capital Representation.

    But then in January, in a decision that shocked critics of capital punishment, a more conservative Florida Supreme Court said it had “erred” three years earlier and that juries don’t always need to be unanimous in sentencing someone to die. The backtrack meant inmates who had returned to local jails to await new sentencing hearings were unsure of what would happen.

    Across Florida, state attorneys sought to send some of the inmates back to Florida State Prison to await execution, as legal fights continued. On Wednesday, justices decided that even though the court had mostly backtracked on the jury unanimity, it did not have legal authority to reimpose the death sentences.

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    This isn’t really hurst related but it’s more or less a suggestion to fix the problem with judges. Ohio and Florida should have laws where the Judges ruling is bound if the jury agrees on a death sentence. In Texas the judge is bound to the ruling Florida should do the same. Cheyenne Jessie was sentenced to death but the judge gave her a life sentence instead.
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    If Cheyenne Jessie was a man, she would have gotten the death penalty
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    Besides Cheyenne Jessie two others were sentenced to death back in 2019 but haven’t been sentenced by a judge yet. One of the reasons why I added the judge must be bound to the juries ruling is because the Hurst retroactivity was upheld.

    Since it’s very hard to get 12 people to agree on a death sentence and all of Florida’s death row has aged so much. Florida has to send as many people as possible to the death as possible.

    A law like that will help them replenish their row from all the upcoming Hurst relief as well as help replace the ones who have aged and have been there as long as James Dailey.
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    I disagree. Judges shouldn't be bound to uphold a jury's recommendation either way. Ideally, juries shouldn't be involved in the penalty phase at all beyond doing what they're constitutionally required to do under Ring.

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    I would much rather have judicial override back like what they did in Alabama but that would be declared unconstitutional because of Ring. It would be fantastic if Florida goes back to a non unanimous jury. In reality though since they don’t want to, I would much rather them just pass a binding law. Cheyenne Jessie got a free pass due to the judge and the jury had recommended death under their new unanimous law.
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    Timothy Ring is a piece of filth for the crime he committed and the fact he caused this bs makes him even more a piece of garbage
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    What I’m amazed at is that Texas, Arizona, Ohio and California sentenced a lot of people to death with unanimous juries.

    The only reason why Florida had so many death sentences is because Florida never had the requirement for unanimous juries.

    Last year there was another related case brought on by James McKinney. James McKinney was yet another inmate from Arizona he was trying to bring in Ring 2.0. The Supreme Court knocked his challenge down.

    It seems Arizona is notorious for the judge vs jury sentencing schemes for death row inmates. Walton vs Arizona was in 1990, Ring vs Arizona, and McKinney vs Arizona. I do feel judges should be given more power to hand down death sentences like they did in Alabama and like they do with Nebraska but what I can’t fathom is only a lesser charge is given to inmates like in the case with Cheyenne Jessie.
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