As is common in the death penalty world, it has been an up and down week. First, the down: I am saddened that once again the Governor has chosen to set the execution for Louis Gaskin, a man with severe mental illness who was sentenced to death by an 8-4 vote jury vote. It is…

I am disheartened to share the news that Governor DeSantis once again, despite a non-unanimous jury sentence and significant evidence of mental illness, has just signed a death warrant for Louis Gaskin and set an execution date for April 12, 2023 at 6 p.m. Four members of Mr. Gaskin’s jury voted for a life sentence…

Opinion: Facts and politics collide in debate over this year’s death penalty overhaul The writers, both lawyers, argue that this year’s capital punishment rewrite is based on ‘a misunderstanding of constitutional law.’ By MELANIE KALMANSON AND MARIA DELIBERATO MARCH 10, 2023 04:00 AM ET OPINION Proposed legislation (SB 450, HB 555) would make it easier…