Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 17, 2006 23:14:21 GMT -5
Report: Numerous Problems with Florida's Death Penalty System
A new report says Florida's death-penalty system is full of problems with
fairness, accuracy and racial disparity in sentencing. The report was
released by a group of Florida lawyers and jurists.
The group studied the system for more than 18 months and found numerous
faults, including a number of innocent inmates awaiting execution, numbers
showing killing a white victim brings a higher likelihood of the death
penalty, lack of funding for attorneys handling death row appeals, and a
process that only requires a majority of the jury voting for death instead
of a unanimous vote.
Team members included a circuit judge and state attorney. Funding for the
study came from the American Bar Association and the European Union.
(source: All Headline News)
A new report says Florida's death-penalty system is full of problems with
fairness, accuracy and racial disparity in sentencing. The report was
released by a group of Florida lawyers and jurists.
The group studied the system for more than 18 months and found numerous
faults, including a number of innocent inmates awaiting execution, numbers
showing killing a white victim brings a higher likelihood of the death
penalty, lack of funding for attorneys handling death row appeals, and a
process that only requires a majority of the jury voting for death instead
of a unanimous vote.
Team members included a circuit judge and state attorney. Funding for the
study came from the American Bar Association and the European Union.
(source: All Headline News)