The daughter of one murder victim and the mother of another pleaded with lawmakers not to require unanimous jury recommendations before death sentences can be imposed, pointing to their family members’ cases as proof that unanimity is a bad idea.
The unanimity issue has become a flash point in the debate over how to fix Florida’s flawed death penalty sentencing process after the U.S. Supreme Court last month decided that the system is unconstitutional.
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