Nov. 12
FLORIDA:
Dad faces death penalty for horrifying abuse of toddler uploaded to dark web
A 2-year-old was raped by her father in a video he uploaded to the dark web,
according to police.
The girl's father, 30-year-old James Lockhart, faces the death penalty if
convicted of the
Jan. 8
FLORIDA:
Bill calls for unanimous juries in death penalty cases
After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that a new death-penalty law was
unconstitutional, the chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice committee Friday
proposed requiring unanimous jury recommendations before
July 23
FLORIDA:
Police suspected family member in death of Davie woman before Dayonte Resiles
was charged
Dayonte Resiles, who spent 6 days on the run after bolting from a hearing at
the Broward County Courthouse, was not the 1st suspect in the murder of Jill
Halliburton Su.
In
June 22
FLORIDA:
Death penalty law legal but falls short
The state's Timely Justice Act was an attractive target for death penalty foes
looking to bring attention to Florida's flawed execution process.
They claimed the law, passed in 2013, wrongly shifted authority from the courts
Feb. 11
FLORIDA:
Jury votes in favor of death in double murder
A jury has recommended that a former MacDill Air Force Base sergeant should be
put to death for murdering his former lover and their 15-month-old son.
Pinellas County jurors voted 7-5 Friday in favor of the death penalty
Jan. 19
FLORIDA:
Killer off death row, as victim's kin askedAfter a new trial is
ordered decades after the first, prosecutors agree to a deal: life in
prison.
22 years ago, Angie Anderson begged a judge not to condemn her mother's
killer to death row.
The judge sentenced James Floyd
March 24
FLORIDA:
Police tapes reveal accused killer's 1991 plea for help'Prison ain't
going to help me,' Couey said in confession
The man charged with killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford confessed in 1991
that he tried to molest a 5-year-old girl, telling police I need help,
