Real progress in Florida justice reform at the local level. Three Florida incumbent State Attorneys were booted out of office at least partly due to extreme and excessive sentencing and high use of the death penalty. Angela Corey – Duval, Mark Ober – Hillsborough, and Jeff Ashton – Orange. The incoming State Attorneys have indicated they…
Florida Death Penalty – October Timeline
Years of struggle have led to unprecedented openings and new opportunities for our movement. Things are now moving fast. So much has happened in the last couple of weeks that we put together a timeline of events and news articles to help sort it out. Oct. 12: Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project releases report…
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Statement on Hurst / Perry FSC Decisions
Today the Florida Supreme Court resoundingly embraced the importance of the judgment of a jury under the Sixth Amendment in determining beyond a reasonable doubt whether a defendant is eligible for the death penalty in Florida. This determination must be based on deliberations in which twelve citizens of the state are instructed to consider the…
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