Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 5:03:03 GMT -6
TALLAHASSEE | Siding with prosecutors, Attorney General Pam Bondi is endorsing a proposal to address last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Florida’s death-penalty sentencing process as unconstitutional.
Bondi told The News Service of Florida on Thursday she “absolutely” supports a measure, backed by state attorneys, that would require a unanimous jury verdict on at least one aggravating factor before a defendant can be eligible for the death penalty and would require at least nine jurors to vote in favor of death for the sentence to be imposed.
Bondi said she is working closely with the House and Senate, along with state attorneys, her solicitor general and the chief of her capital appellate unit, to “come to a consensus of what we all believe will be in the best interest of Floridians” to fix the state’s flawed law.
“We all want a death penalty scheme that will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court,” Bondi said Thursday. “We all have a common interest. We’re working together.”
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/2016-02-11/story/florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-backs-prosecutors-death-penalty-debate
Bondi told The News Service of Florida on Thursday she “absolutely” supports a measure, backed by state attorneys, that would require a unanimous jury verdict on at least one aggravating factor before a defendant can be eligible for the death penalty and would require at least nine jurors to vote in favor of death for the sentence to be imposed.
Bondi said she is working closely with the House and Senate, along with state attorneys, her solicitor general and the chief of her capital appellate unit, to “come to a consensus of what we all believe will be in the best interest of Floridians” to fix the state’s flawed law.
“We all want a death penalty scheme that will be upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court,” Bondi said Thursday. “We all have a common interest. We’re working together.”
Read more: jacksonville.com/news/2016-02-11/story/florida-attorney-general-pam-bondi-backs-prosecutors-death-penalty-debate