Gov. reassigns case after prosecutor refuses death penalty

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Mike Schneider, Associated Press Updated 5:04 pm, Thursday, March 16, 2017



ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida's governor took a case involving the killing of a police officer out of the hands of its prosecutor Thursday, hours after she announced that her office would no longer seek the death penalty in any cases.

The unusual and firm stance against capital punishment by State Attorney Aramis Ayala in Orlando surprised and angered many law enforcement officials, including the city's police chief, who believed suspect Markeith Loyd should face the possibility of execution. Civil liberties groups, though, praised Ayala's position.

Sending a clear signal that he wanted Loyd prosecuted in a capital case, Gov. Rick Scott signed an order to transfer Loyd's first-degree murder to State Attorney Brad King in a neighboring district northwest of Orlando.

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Ayala said she made the decision after conducting a review and concluding that there is no evidence to show that imposing the death penalty improves public safety for citizens or law enforcement. She added that such cases are costly and drag on for years.




Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Orlando-prosecutor-will-no-longer-seek-death-11006468.php

[ancianita]

1. The Florida state house good ol' boy assholes want to fire this woman. It made NPR news.

[mdbl]

2. don't worry, trump is defunding NPR and PBS anyway

[ancianita]

3. Too late, anyway. NPR shows FLA's state house climate, unchanged since I lived there from '66-'72.

[mdbl]

4. Geez

I want to laugh but it's beyond ridiculous. That's why we call it Flori-DUH.

[ancianita]

6. I have to say that, living in FL for 20+ years, it's a state of struggling people.

Bravenak can tell DU this.

I mean "struggling" in the best sense. I went to Florida State after being raised in the Hollywood-Fort Lauderdale area.

I don't know how to do it, but the Democratic Party and DU can help Florida. Florida Democrats have been struggling in the South's politics since the 50's, hurting and abused since I was a kid in the 50's and 60's, and they still need the national party's help.

It behooves DU to take Florida on as an important political project.

[mdbl]

7. My sister lives there, says they're beyond help

we all meet at the Holy Land in Orlando on free admission day.

[ancianita]

8. This shit's just not funny. Sorry.

[Archae]

5. There was an episode of Law And Order like this...