One 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?
One 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 this law apply?– One 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 this law apply?allows juries to recommend a death sentence, as long as eight out of twelve jurors vote...
This is a new law that’s on the top of the minds of crime victims’ families, waiting to learn if the person who murdered their loved one only needs an eight to four vote from the jury, for that convicted killer to face the death penalty. “Currently the law is twelve to zero for death penalty. If it gets continued, I don’t know what the governors going to do, it may be eight to four and that brings up a whole other issue challenges and defense will make.”
Nichols says he thinks the new law will apply to murders committed after the law was signed by the Governor.
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