Death penalty jury change creates 'game of chance' for resentencings, groups argue – Orlando Sentinel
Death penalty juror change creates 'game of chance' for resentencings, groups argue.
Source: orlandosentinel.com
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Groups target a Florida law lowering the number of jurors needed to recommend the death penalty
A 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend the death penalty has resulted in a "quintessential game of chance" for inmates being resentenced because of changes in the state's death-penalty process and unconstitutionally "silences Black voices," groups are arguing in what could be a pivotal Florida Supreme Court case.
Source: wuwf.org
Trump Wants to Execute Drug Dealers -- But Most States Won't
In the state the president previewed his new policy, a bipartisan bill to ban the death penalty just passed, representing a growing opposition to the practice.
Source: governing.com
Oklahoma could halt executions as death penalty moratorium bill advances
A House Committee on Wednesday passed a measure to impose a moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma -- for at least two years "to fix the system."
Source: yahoo.com
Texas executes Ivan Cantu despite contested evidence
Texas executed Ivan Cantu, rejecting calls for a rehearing amid recanted testimony and allegations of suppressed exculpatory evidence. Cantu maintained his innocence.
Source: theweek.com