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Martin DyckmanJanuary 13, 2016

Nothing else that government does costs as much as the death penalty in order to accomplish so little. This ought to concern even the most conservative legislators as they cope with the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8-1 decision Tuesday, in Hurst v. Florida, that the state’s capital sentencing process is unconstitutional. The choice now is to […]

Associated PressJanuary 13, 2016

Convicted killer Michael Lambrix is scheduled to be executed Feb. 11, one of 390 Florida death row inmates whose fate is now in question after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the state’s method of imposing death sentences. Attorney William Hennis said Wednesday he will seek a new sentencing hearing for Lambrix, who was condemned […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2016

(UPDATED) The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down Florida’s controversial system that allows judges, and not juries, to decide whether or not convicted criminals deserve the death penalty. The high court ruled 8-1 against the current system, with only Justice Samuel Alito dissenting. The court sided with Timothy Lee Hurst, who was convicted of the […]

Melissa RossNovember 13, 2015

Just as a closely watched U.S. Supreme Court case may strike down Florida’s death penalty sentencing laws, ACLU staff attorney Adam Tebrugge of Bradenton is discussing the death penalty Monday night in St. Augustine at an event sponsored in part by Amnesty International. The high court is reviewing what the New York Times calls Florida’s […]

Melissa RossNovember 10, 2015

State Attorney Angela Corey celebrated 34 years as a prosecutor in Florida’s 4th Judicial Circuit this week (excepting, of course, the short span when she was fired from the office by her predecessor, Harry Shorstein.) Corey triumphantly returned when she beat Shorstein’s protege, Jay Plotkin, in the 2008 state attorney’s race. “Ed Austin hired me […]

Associated PressOctober 13, 2015

Florida’s unique system for imposing the death penalty is encountering some skeptics on the U.S. Supreme Court. But it was not clear Tuesday whether a majority would find that the state gives judges too much power to decide capital sentences. The justices heard arguments in the case of inmate Timothy Lee Hurst, who was convicted […]

Melissa RossOctober 8, 2015

As happens every October, the U.S. Supreme Court has begun a new term, with a Florida death penalty case one of the major cases it’s weighing. At least six capital-punishment cases are on the high court’s docket, after a recent flurry of executions across the country have led to dramatic, last-minute appeals. On Tuesday, the […]

Julie DelegalSeptember 30, 2015

A new voice has emerged in the debate about capital punishment, and, in one respect, it echoes a very old one. Marc Hyden is a former field director for the National Rifle Association — sealing forever his street cred as a deep-dyed conservative. His new gig is coordinating a group that rose from the ground up, […]

Julie DelegalSeptember 22, 2015

My heart doesn’t bleed for murderers. My father was a homicide detective whose life was cut short, in part, by the stress and strain of putting bad guys in prison. He helped send his share to death row, too. It was a grisly job, being a janitor to humanity. Dad supported the use of capital […]

Julie DelegalSeptember 21, 2015

My heart doesn’t bleed for murderers. My father was a homicide detective whose life was cut short, in part, by the stress and strain of putting bad guys in prison. He helped send his share to death row, too. It was a grisly job, being a janitor to humanity. Dad supported the use of capital […]

Tag: death penalty

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court ruling should prompt Legislature to abolish death penalty

Ruling puts fate of Florida death row inmates in question

U.S. Supreme Court rules Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional

Florida’s death penalty reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court, discussed in St. Augustine

Angela Corey: “What we’re doing is working”

U.S. Supreme Court reviews Florida’s death penalty

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Florida death penalty case

Julie Delegal: A new, conservative voice opposes capital punishment

Julie G. Delegal: Cruel and unusual punishment for one murder victim’s family

Julie G. Delegal: The third rail in death penalty debate: The victim's family