He could do this.
Maybe the state attorneys and courts want enough time between the executions. But we shouldn't be too greedy, all five weeks is a good rate.
He could do this.
Maybe the state attorneys and courts want enough time between the executions. But we shouldn't be too greedy, all five weeks is a good rate.
That's true. Not bad for Florida 10 in a year. Just wondering if any of these guys get an stay will be more than five weeks.
We have a better chance of winning the Powerball. Then guessing which person Scott picks next.
"There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche
93. Michael Lambrix
94. Mark James Assay
95. Wayne Dotty
96. Rolando Garcia
97. James Duckett
98. Richard Anderson
99. Carl Piuatti
100. Glen Rogers.
Edited:
Gov. Scott cleared to sign death warrants again, experts say
By Gray Rohrer
Orlando Sentinel
TALLAHASSEE — Florida can start executing condemned killers again now that the U.S. Supreme Court has let stand the state’s changes to its death-penalty law, experts say.
But so far, Gov. Rick Scott hasn’t signed a warrant for any of the 366 prisoners on Death Row.
“Other than the typical motions that defendants file and exhaust prior to a death warrant being signed, both federal and state, I don’t think there’s another barrier out there to stop the governor from moving forward,” said Rep. Chris Sprowls, Palm Harbor, a former Pinellas County prosecutor and legislative leader on death penalty issues.
Scott could be ready to begin executions again soon. A spokeswoman for the governor said he had been waiting on the high court’s decision.
“Our office is currently reviewing the next steps in the process” of selecting a case and signing a death warrant, Scott spokeswoman Lauren Schenone said. Scott has signed death warrants for 23 prisoners, more than any other Florida governor since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a state Supreme Court ruling from October requiring juries to be unanimous in issuing a death sentence, a move that essentially upheld the state court’s decision. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in January 2016 struck down Florida’s capital punishment law, which had allowed prisoners to be sentenced by a simple majority vote of a jury.
In March, Scott signed a new law quickly passed by the Legislature that requires unanimous juries.
“The issues that were causing the most pronounced constitutional concern … have been remedied,” said FSU Law School professor Wayne Logan.
Scott has often stated he takes signing death warrants seriously as a “solemn duty” but hasn’t explained in detail his process for choosing which warrants to sign.
The death penalty debate became a hot-button political issue when Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced in March she wouldn’t seek capital punishment under any circumstances, citing racial disparities, delays, costs and frequent instances of exoneration. She never stated her stance on the death penalty during her 2016 election campaign and would later say she didn’t do so because the death penalty wasn’t in force during that time.
In response, Scott removed 23 potential capital murder cases from Ayala and gave them to 5th Judicial Circuit State Attorney Brad King. Ayala has sued over that decision, and the case remains before the state Supreme Court.
Sprowls, who along with several other House Republicans called on Scott to suspend Ayala from office, said it is important to show the death penalty is back in force in Florida.
“When you’re talking about victims of heinous crimes and their families who are awaiting trial, or awaiting sentencing or awaiting resentencing — certainly bringing a level of closure to them and allowing those cases to move forward is a paramount concern of government,” Sprowls said.
Florida’s last execution was on Jan. 7, 2016. The condemned man was Oscar Ray Bolin, convicted of murdering three young women in the Tampa area in 1986.
Five days later, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-1 decision striking down the state’s death penalty.
The lengthy limbo of capital punishment in the state held up several murder trials, and the effects are still rippling through the judicial system.
It also led to numerous appeals from Death Row inmates, several of whom were sentenced by split juries and have since had their sentences reduced to life in prison.
The Florida Supreme Court’s October decision stated that prisoners sentenced to death by split juries after 2002 should be resentenced. Before that ruling, there were more than 380 prisoners on Death Row. Now there are 366, and appeals continue to work through the courts.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...526-story.html
"I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
- Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian
"There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
- Rev. Richard Hawke
“There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
- Rowan Atkinson
This is excellent news. Rick Scott could have had triple the executions of any other Florida governor if it wasn't for these delays. If Florida resumes 2017 will almost certainly have a higher total than 2016.
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
They can hurry up and start with Asay and Lambrix, before another colossal failure in judgment like Hurst shows up again.
Well, now that Asay's given up the ghost, will Lambrix be Governor Scott's next pick?
I figured he'd have signed one for Lambrix by now. I'd say George Trepal and Duane Owen are in the running, among others.
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
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