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Ron DeSantis Signs Florida Law Setting Lowest Threshold for Death Penalty Sentences in the Country

Florida will now only require an 8–4 majority for a jury to recommend a death sentence. Alabama is the only other state that allows split juries to recommend death sentences.

Reason

Florida eases path for death penalty after Parkland verdict

A Florida bill ending the unanimous jury requirement in death penalty sentencing is now law after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it in a private ceremony Thursday

The Independent UK

Florida dramatically loosens death penalty requirements after Nikolas Cruz sentencing

Florida will soon no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to impose death penalty sentences

The Independent UK

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Editorial: An outrageous death penalty proposal, even for Florida

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 ill to type them at first. But she got used to it.

Tribune News Service

Why do juries view crime scenes like the Murdaugh estate?

Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial will get a chance to see for themselves the rural hunting estate where his wife and son were killed

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis confronted over school safety five years after Parkland shooting

‘We’ve worked hard to bring accountability to folks who maybe could have done something’

The Independent UK

Why the Parkland school building still stands, 5 years after shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. — The walls still hold up the ceilings, but they’re pocked with bullet holes.

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Editorial: Is it a good idea for Florida to make it easier to execute people?

The governor and many Florida lawmakers want to make it easier to sentence murderers to death. But will their plan live up to their expectations or will it just deepen the legal quagmire that already envelops state-sanctioned executions?

Tribune News Service

DeSantis calls to end jury unanimity for Florida death penalty cases

Republican governor suggests ‘super-majority’ should suffice in state that has required jury unanimity in capital cases since 2017

The Guardian - US

Public memorial planned for Parkland school school victims

A nonprofit organization in Florida is planning a public memorial dedicated to the 17 people who died during a 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

The Independent UK

Editorial: Judge’s actions at Parkland sentencing need scrutiny

"A judge shall uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary. … A judge shall perform the duties of judicial office impartially and diligently." — Canons 1 and 3 of the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct

Orlando Sentinel

Parkland school shooter’s attorney under investigation

The Florida Bar association has launched an investigation into one of the Parkland school shooter’s attorneys, who appeared at one point to raise her middle finger at a camera amid the dramatic and devastating legal proceedings.

Tribune News Service

Parkland gunman leaves Broward jail for prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland gunman is no longer in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Tribune News Service

Nikolas Cruz defence lawyer investigated after being filmed ‘flipping the bird’ in Parkland hearing

The inquiry into Tamara Curtis’s behaviour in court was confirmed to The Independent by a Florida bar spokesperson

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First Thing: Biden urges Americans to take a stand against political violence

President asks voters to reject election-denying candidates in midterms to ‘preserve democracy’. Plus, can Twitter survive Elon Musk?

The Independent UK

Parkland father Fred Guttenberg attacks Nikolas Cruz defence attorney for comparison to Pelosi attack

On Tuesday, public defender Gordon Weekes likened victims’ impact statements to the rhetoric that incited the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi

Salon

Parkland shooter sentenced to life

"My hope for you is that you are miserable for the rest of your pathetic life," a parent said to Nikolas Cruz

Daily Mirror

Parkland school shooter escaped death penalty after killing 17 due to controversial rule

Nikolas Cruz massacred 17 people in the deadliest high school shooting in US history and many of the victims' families hoped he would face the death penalty - but the Parkland school shooter was spared

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Parkland shooter sentenced to life in prison for school massacre

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz is formally sentenced to 34 consecutive life terms in prison for Parkland shooting

Victims’ family members spoke of their devastation with the jury’s verdict after Nikolas Cruz’s life was spared

Al Jazeera

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison

US judge sentences Cruz to life without parole for 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.

WEKU

At an emotional hearing, the Parkland shooter is formally sentenced to life in prison

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time to express their anger and grief.

Daily Mirror

Parkland shooter gets life in prison for gunning down 17 in Valentine's school attack

Student Nikolas Cruz was 19 when he opened fire for approximately nine minutes, killing 17 people at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, on February 14 2018

The Independent UK

Former classmates of Parkland shooter face him on final day of sentencing: ‘Without your stupid gun, you are nothing”

Survivor Sam Fuentes and victim Joaquin Oliver’s girlfriend Victoria Gonzales directly addressed the confessed shooter

Reuters

Nikolas Cruz: Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison

Nikolas Cruz, who murdered 17 students and staff with a semi-automatic rifle at a Florida high school, was formally sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after listening to hours of anguished testimony from survivors and victims' relatives.

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