Por: WPLG Local 10 Politics February 02, 2023
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers proposed legislation making it easier to send convicts to death row by eliminating a unanimous jury requirement in capital punishment sentencing — a response to anger from victims’ families following a verdict sparing a school shooter from execution.The proposal comes after a divided 9-3 jury in November from capital punishment for killing 17 at the school in 2018. The Parkland... + full article
Orlando Sentinel USA Crime February 01, 2023
TALLAHASSEE — With backing from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers could scrap a requirement that juries have to be unanimous in recommending the death penalty. Rep. Berny Jacques, R-Seminole, filed a bill (HB 555) on Tuesday that would allow judges to sentence defendants to... + más
Woman Admits to Unwittingly Funding Kidnapping Plot of Iran Critic in NYC | NBC 6 South Florida
Jury stops short of death penalty for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz | Newsweek
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics January 21, 2023
PHOENIX – Arizona’s attorney general has put a hold on executions in the state until the completion of a review of death penalty protocols ordered by the new governor due to the state's history of mismanaging executions.The review ordered Friday by Gov. Katie Hobbs,... + más
Botched Executions Aren’t New—but Americans Finally Seem to Be Noticing Them | Slate
Number of executions continued to fall this year but many were botched, report says | CBS News
Slate USA Politics December 21, 2022
Last week, the Death Penalty Information Center, an organization that collects data on capital punishment, : “The Death Penalty in 2022.” Among other things, it dubbed 2022, “The Year of the Botched Execution.” According to the DPIC, seven of this year’s 20 execution... + más
'Year of the Botched Execution': More Than a Third of Attempted Executions Botched in 2022 in the US | NBC 6 South Florida
The New York Times USA Nation December 16, 2022
More than a third of execution attempts in 2022 were mishandled, capital punishment researchers said on Friday, describing the seven visibly botched executions that took place in three states as “shocking,” even as the total number of executions remained among the lowest in... + más
Lethal injections are to blame for over 100 botched executions in America | Newsweek
One-third of U.S. executions ‘botched’ in 2022 as use of capital punishment remains near 50-year lows: report | New York Daily News
CBS News USA Politics December 16, 2022
Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued their more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were botched or highly problematic, . There were 18 executions in the U.S. in 2022, the fewest in any... + más
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics December 16, 2022
HOUSTON – Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were “botched” or highly problematic, an annual report on capital punishment says.There... + más
NBC 6 South Florida USA World December 16, 2022
AP Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were “botched” or highly problematic, an annual report on capital punishment says. There were 18... + más
Report: Executions continued decline but many 'botched' | WPLG Local 10
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