Update: Pat Hannon’s jury never heard any evidence of mitigation and his codefendant received a life sentence for the same crime. The Florida Supreme Court has refused to grant a stay of execution for Patrick Hannon. Justice Barbara Pariente dissented on the (Nov. 1, 2017) denial of a stay: “In recommending between life and death in Hannon’s case, the jury…

Update: Pat Hannon’s jury never heard any of the “voluminous” evidence of mitigation and his codefendant received a life sentence for the same crime. Governor Scott ordered the execution of Patrick Hannon for Wednesday, November 8th at 6pm ET. Hannon was sentenced to death in 1991 for the killing of Brandon Snider and Robert Carter. He has been on Death Row 26 years. Please…

Governor Scott has ordered the execution of Patrick Hannon for Wednesday, November 8th at 6pm ET. Hannon was sentenced to death in 1991. Gov. Scott had been ordering a new execution every month before the U.S. Supreme Court essentially halted Florida executions by ruling Florida’s death sentencing scheme unconstitutional. It looks like Scott is now back on track ordering monthly executions. This would be the 26th execution ordered…