A.G. Gancarski
Those looking to harm Presidents, Governors and other heads of state may pay the ultimate price in Florida — even if they don’t succeed in killing their target.
Sen. Blaise Ingoglia’s measure (SB 776) which cleared the Criminal Justice Committee, contemplates adding to Florida law that the death sentence can be issued when a “capital felony was committed against the head of a state, including, but not limited to, the President or the Vice President of the United States or the Governor of this or another state, or in an attempt to commit such crime a capital felony was committed against another individual.”
Ingoglia noted that “the death penalty is reserved for those convicted of heinous crimes” and that his helps to facilitate that by adding aggravating factors of an assassination of a head of state or the killing of another person in attempting to do so. He described the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the concomitant killing of Corey Comperatore as heinous and worthy of extraordinary sanction in law.
One citizen opposed the bill.
Grace Hannah of Floridians Opposed to the Death Penalty said the bill would fall under federal jurisdiction and that an incident like that contemplated by the bill is “extremely rare.”
The bill is also moving in the House.
Jeff Holcomb’s legislation (HB 653) has one stop to go before the floor.
4 comments
Victoria Olson
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 pm
This should be a FEDERAL law NOT state another frivolous waste of time bill that only Republicans NEVER make bills that help us WE THE PEOPLE.
SuzyQ
March 19, 2025 at 1:52 am
Historically speaking, crimes like this had been state, not federal, for most of our history in the United States. Perhaps, you should study the principles and history of federalism. Read a book or two🤣
ScienceBLVR
March 18, 2025 at 9:12 pm
I’ve always felt the state should not be in the business of killing people, no matter the crime. And it’s a fact some people on death row have been exonerated through advances in DNA testing, so it’s logical to believe innocent folks have been executed. But why is the murder of a political figure any more heinous than any other? What about the teachers? They certainly are of more use to society than a con man like Trump or Vance.
SuzyQ
March 19, 2025 at 1:50 am
Why am I not surprised that a delusional leftwing activist opposes the death penalty?🤣