The state of Florida is playing fast and loose with the death penalty. Louis Gaskin is scheduled to be executed April 12, 2023. Darryl Barwick is scheduled to be executed May 3, 2023.
Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins’ hands trembled when he could no longer put off signing a death warrant. There would be 29 of them. His secretary said it made her physically
Florida is set to have the most lax death penalty law in the country, allowing a death sentence on an 8-4 jury vote. Only one other state, Alabama, allows non-unanimous juries.
Florida is set to have the most lax death penalty law in the country, allowing a death sentence on an 8-4 jury vote. Only one other state, Alabama, allows non-unanimous juries.
A member of the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Representation Project and the executive director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty write that a proposed change to Florida's death penalty violates the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution. At least one former Florida Supreme Court justice agrees the proposed law "has serious constitutional implications."