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Lawmakers Move Closer to Scrapping Unanimous Jury Requirement for Death Penalty Recommendations

March 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Florida's actual death row. (Florida State Prison)

The House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee voted 8-6 today to approve a bill (HB 555) that would eliminate a requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before death sentences can be imposed. Under the bill, judges would sentence people to death based on recommendations of eight of 12 jurors.

Florida Lawmakers Fast-Tracking Bill Eliminating Unanimous Jury Requirements in Death Penalty

March 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A jury room at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The House measure would require judges to impose death sentences if recommended by at least eight jurors. That differs from the Senate bill, which would require death sentences if at least 10 jurors recommend the death penalty.

Supreme Court Refuses to Reinstate Death Sentences in Decision That Could Affect 2 Flagler Inmates

November 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

David Snelgrove, whose mental capacities had been at the center of his arguments against a death sentence for the double murder he committed in Palm Coast decades ago, at his penalty-phase re-trial in January. A jury failed to reach unanimity for a death recommendation, and his sentence was commuted to life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

The decisions could apply to about 100 inmates, possibly including David Snelgrove of Palm Coast, who was removed from death row in January after his lawyer successfully argued for life without parole, and Cornelius Baker, whose hope for a new penalty-phase trial is still pending.

Attorneys Urge Florida Supreme Court to Rethink Decision Making Unanimous Verdicts Unnecessary

February 22, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The makeshift bell that opponents of the death penalty ring during vigils at every execution in Starke, the state prison where inmates are executed. (© FlaglerLive)

Pointing to “evolving standards of decency,” attorneys for a Death Row inmate have asked the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider a major ruling that said unanimous jury recommendations are not necessary before death sentences can be imposed.

This Time Death Row Inmate Cornelius Baker Shows Up, Only To Learn His Chance for Re-Sentencing May Vanish

February 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Cornelius Baker, center, was as befuddled as everyone else in the courtroom MOnday when he showed up for the latest in a series of inconclusive hearings about his fate. His attorneys Junior Barrett, right, and Anthony Leonard, sat on either side of him. (© FlaglerLive)

Death row inmate Cornelius Baker’s fate is undetermined as the judge, the defense and the prosecution are all awaiting direction from other courts as to whether to re-try Baker in a sentencing phase or stick to his original death sentence.

Prosecution Asks for Temporary Halt in Cornelius Baker Death Penalty Re-Sentencing

January 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis, left, Assistant State Attorney Tammy Jaques and Assistant Regional Counsel Junior Barrett are asking Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson to delay the case of Cornelius Baker. (© FlaglerLive)

The prosecution is arguing that a Supreme Court decision last week may make the re-sentencing of convicted murderer Cornelius Baker, scheduled to start in four weeks in Bunnell, if unnecessary.

Supreme Court Reverses Unanimous-Jury Requirement in Death Penalty, Raising Questions About a Flagler Case

January 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Death Row Cell #5 at Florida's state prison in Starke. (DOC)

The Florida Supreme Court said unanimous jury recommendations are not necessary before death sentences can be imposed, backing away from a 2016 decision. The ruling puts in question the case of Bunnell’s Cornelius Baker, scheduled for a re-sentencing in February.

Wrongfully Convicted, He Was on Florida’s Death Row for 42 Years. He’s Seeking $2.5 Million the State Owes Him.

January 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Clifford Williams spent 43 years on Death Row for a murder he did not commit. He is owed $50,000 for every year he was wrongly imprisoned. (NSF)

Clifford Williams, now 77, gives God the credit for his release from prison, after state prosecutors found he and his nephew, Hubert Nathan Myers, were wrongly convicted in the 1976 Jacksonville murder of a woman and the attempted murder of her girlfriend.

For Seven Days, Flagler Sees Florida’s Broken Death Penalty Machinery in Action

January 16, 2020 | Pierre Tristam | 20 Comments

death penalty broken trial tristam

Though David Snelgrove was finally sentenced to life in prison rather than death this week, his trial shows how the 20-year ordeal in court could have been avoided with the same result two decades ago, had capital punishment not been on the table.

Death Row’s Cornelius Baker a No-Show at His Own Pre-Trial Ahead of Potential Reprieve

January 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Cornelius Baker was a no-show at today's pre-trial, taking advantage of the judicial equivalent of an excused absence--excused by the judge, though his own attorney was not aware that Baker had waived his presence, and the pre-trial had to be re-set for Feb. 4. Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson is presiding over the case. It is prosecuted by Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis and Assistant State Attorney Tammy Jaques, right, and defensed by Junior Barrett (standing with the lawyers, closest to the camera). (© FlaglerLive)

Lawyers and the judge in the re-sentencing case of convicted murderer Cornelius Baker focused on a lengthy questionnaire about the death penalty the defense planned to submit to potential jurors. The judge ordered the questionnaire significantly shortened.

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