Governor Schedules Execution of Asay, First in 18 Months
Signaling a potential end to an 18-month hiatus for the state's embattled death penalty, Gov. Rick Scott rescheduled the execution date of convicted killer Mark James Asay for Aug. 27.
July 05, 2017 at 11:00 PM
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Signaling a potential end to an 18-month hiatus for the state's embattled death penalty, Gov. Rick Scott rescheduled the execution date of convicted killer Mark James Asay for Aug. 27.
“I think the execution machine is going to get started again immediately,” said Pete Mills, an assistant public defender in the 10th Judicial Circuit who also serves as chairman of the Florida Public Defenders Association Death Penalty Steering Committee.
Asay was one of two death row inmates whose executions were put on hold by the Florida Supreme Court early last year after the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case known as Hurst v. Florida, struck down as unconstitutional the state's death penalty sentencing system.
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