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Florida Supreme Court UPHOLDS death sentences by nonunanimous juries [View all]
BREAKING: The Florida Supreme Court upheld Florida’s law, making it the only state to allow juries split 8-4 to sentence people to death.
— ACLU (@aclu.org) 2025-12-18T18:08:48.221Z
Permitting non-unanimous, divided juries to sentence people to death is unconstitutional and increases the risk of executing an innocent person.
Just in: Florida's supreme court today has UPHELD a recent state law that enables juries to sentence someone to death nonunanimously.
— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) 2025-12-18T19:35:23.325Z
Bolts reported on FL's law a few years ago, amid huge concern that nonunanimous convictions have a high error rate, & are likelier to sideline Black jurors.
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