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Only Unanimous Jury Decision May Approve Death Penalty: Florida SC [Read Judgment]
Apoorva Mandhani
19 Oct 2016 9:14 AM IST
The Florida Supreme Court on Friday declared the State’s death penalty law as unconstitutional as it does not require a unanimous jury decision to impose the sentence. Florida law only required 10 out of 12 votes to approve death penalty.In the 5 to 2 ruling, the Judges concluded that “the Sixth Amendment right to a trial by jury mandates that under Florida’s capital sentencing scheme,...
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