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Critics blast DeSantis for ramping up Florida death row scheduled executions ahead of 2024
Trump did the same thing with federal prisoners, he carried out 13 execution's prior to the 2020 election, to show he is tough on crime and criminals, it did not work either?!!
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to execute a fifth man on death row within six months, ramping up the state's speed on capital punishment ahead of the 2024 election.
In recent months, DeSantis signed two pieces of legislation related to the death penalty, including one allowing the state to seek capital punishment in non-murder cases of sexual battery involving children under 12 that will become law on Oct. 1. The other bill allows for the death penalty without a unanimous jury decision.
Taken together, political commentators and opponents of capital punishment have said the moves could be part of DeSantis's latest attempt to compete with his rival Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who used the death penalty to execute 13 federal inmates during his last six months in office.
The governor had signed on to two executions in his four years in office – a stark contrast to recent months.
In late June, DeSantis signed a death warrant for 61-year-old Brevard County death row inmate James Barnes on Aug. 3. Barnes was sentenced to death after he confessed to a prosecutor about his role in the murder and rape of a nurse in 1988. He pleaded guilty in 2006, and a judge sentenced him to death a year later.
What's the average rate of executions?
The national average for time a prisoner spends on death row before being executed is about 18 years, said Robin Maher, an executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. In Florida, the average rate is almost 23 years, according to Florida Corrections Department records, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
The men executed in Florida this year were on death row for decades.
Though some governors – including those in Arizona, California, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania – have put a hold on capital punishment in recent years, Florida is speeding ahead with it under DeSantis's watch, Maher said. Her group has been tracking cases in Florida and elsewhere.
The state is one of the highest users of capital punishment in the country and stands alongside 23 other states where the death penalty is active.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ron-desantis-speeding-florida-executions-052839749.html
Trump did the same thing with federal prisoners, he carried out 13 execution's prior to the 2020 election, to show he is tough on crime and criminals, it did not work either?!!
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to execute a fifth man on death row within six months, ramping up the state's speed on capital punishment ahead of the 2024 election.
In recent months, DeSantis signed two pieces of legislation related to the death penalty, including one allowing the state to seek capital punishment in non-murder cases of sexual battery involving children under 12 that will become law on Oct. 1. The other bill allows for the death penalty without a unanimous jury decision.
Taken together, political commentators and opponents of capital punishment have said the moves could be part of DeSantis's latest attempt to compete with his rival Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who used the death penalty to execute 13 federal inmates during his last six months in office.
The governor had signed on to two executions in his four years in office – a stark contrast to recent months.
In late June, DeSantis signed a death warrant for 61-year-old Brevard County death row inmate James Barnes on Aug. 3. Barnes was sentenced to death after he confessed to a prosecutor about his role in the murder and rape of a nurse in 1988. He pleaded guilty in 2006, and a judge sentenced him to death a year later.
What's the average rate of executions?
The national average for time a prisoner spends on death row before being executed is about 18 years, said Robin Maher, an executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. In Florida, the average rate is almost 23 years, according to Florida Corrections Department records, the Tallahassee Democrat reported.
The men executed in Florida this year were on death row for decades.
Though some governors – including those in Arizona, California, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania – have put a hold on capital punishment in recent years, Florida is speeding ahead with it under DeSantis's watch, Maher said. Her group has been tracking cases in Florida and elsewhere.
The state is one of the highest users of capital punishment in the country and stands alongside 23 other states where the death penalty is active.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ron-desantis-speeding-florida-executions-052839749.html
