A major deadline for a decision of seeking the death penalty will be looming over prosecutors Wednesday during a court hearing for one of the men accused in the murder of St. Johns County father Jared Bridegan.
Florida law says prosecutors have 45 business days from the day of an indictment to determine if they will seek the death penalty.and charged with first-degree murder with a weapon, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit a capital felony and child abuse in connection with the shooting death of Bridegan.to the charges when he was arraigned last month. Prosecutors have said they are not offering him a plea deal in the case.
Bridegan had just dropped off his two oldest children at his ex-wife’s home in Jacksonville Beach when he stopped to remove a tire from the roadway and was ambushed, investigators say.
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