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"They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters
I think it's pretty difficult to argue that people sentenced to death under the old Florida law after Ring weren't entitled to relief unless the error was harmless—an extremely high bar. At the same time, it's very likely that Hurst II would have come out differently.
Two bills would end death penalty in Florida
There are two bills in the Florida Legislature to end the use of capital punishment; but the anti-death penalty bills face an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled Legislature.
To talk about all issues of the death penalty in Florida, our guest on WMNF was Mark Elliott, executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
Since 1976 only three states have executed more people than the 97 killed by Florida. More than 340 people are now on Florida’s Death Row – it’s the second largest Death Row in the U.S.
We looked at history and the connection between the death penalty and race in Florida. And related, the report by EJI – Lynching in America — says 313 people were lynched in the state between 1878-1950.
Elliot says, “the primary connection is that if a White person is murdered the perpetrator is far more likely to get a death sentence than if a Person of Color is killed or murdered. So, that’s the Number One disparity. In fact, in Florida — since before Statehood, actually — in hundreds of executions, never has a White person been executed solely for the execution of an African-American. It really goes to the truth behind what this system is, how it evolved. It evolved from lynching. It’s pretty much the same as it was then, except now it’s legal.”
In 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court determined in Hurst v Florida that Florida’s death penalty sentencing was unconstitutional. The Florida Legislature made a change to sentencing: that the jury recommendation must be at least 10-2 for a death sentence (previously it was 7-5 and a judge could override). But that wasn’t far enough for the Florida Supreme Court, which ruled later in 2016 that the amended statute was still unconstitutional because a death sentence must come from a unanimous jury recommendation. The Legislature fixed that the following March.
In the Florida Senate, Senator Gary Farmer Jr. is sponsoring SB 472 and in the House, Joseph Geller and Dotie Joseph are sponsoring HB 6013. If passed, these bills would end the use of the death penalty in Florida. Both houses are controlled by Republicans.
https://www.wmnf.org/bills-end-death-penalty-florida/
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Its already the 3rd month into the new year and DeSantis still hasnt signed any warrants. Hmmm whats going on?
Scott didn't sign one until several months in. DeSantis will heat up.
Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.
"They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters
With 128 to choose from as of 3/7/19, DeSantis will follow Scott's trail.
"How do you get drunk on death row?" - Werner Herzog
"When we get fruit, we get the juice and water. I ferment for a week! It tastes like chalk, it's nasty" - Blaine Keith Milam #999558 Texas Death Row
Hopefully, he'll sign a warrant for Bryan Jennings soon.
He needs to sign warrants for all 128. I won't be happy with him til he does.
Inmates better be glad I'm not Governor of Florida. I would schedule 2 a week if I could and thin out death row pretty good until my term was over.
Should be more like 2 a day
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