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…

The death penalty is not a deterrent | Editorial By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board South Florida Sun-Sentinel Mar 25, 2021 at 6:05 am Fourth in a series There are some assumptions people hold in absolute — but unfounded — faith that they must be true. One is that the death penalty deters murder. That’s like…