At the urging of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Legislature is considering proposed legislation that will lead to more death sentences in Florida. Robert Dunham, the former Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, joined Robert to discuss the bills and what they mean for the death penalty in Florida.
Robert Dunham is a nationally recognized expert on the death penalty with more than 25 years of capital litigation experience.
Bills related to nonunanimous death recommendations:
Bills related to imposing the death penalty for child sexual battery:
Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008) (hold the Eighth Amendment bars Louisiana from imposing the death penalty for the rape of a child where the crime did not result, and was not intended to result, in the victim’s death).
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