Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will allow juries to impose the death sentence even if all 12 jurors do not agree.
over the control of the central Florida district where Disney World is located, drawing ire from Democrats and some of his own party members in recent weeks.
"If you steal a pack of gum in Florida, you are entitled to a unanimous jury determination of your guilt. And so, to have anything less to take someone's life, is just a straight violation of the Constitution,” DeLiberato said. "Why do we have one person who can hold all this up?" DeSantis said at a campaign event following the decision. "The legislature needs to change that."
Florida has the highest death row population of any state that is actively carrying out executions, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
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