A Florida prosecutor who refuses to seek the death penalty said in court documents that Florida Gov. Rick Scott has changed his views on whether it’s proper to interfere with prosecutors’ decisions.
State Attorney Aramis Ayala in Orlando is fighting Scott’s orders to transfer almost two dozen cases from her office after she said her office wouldn’t pursue the death penalty. Ayala’s court filing with the Florida Supreme Court says that in four recent instances where citizens wrote to Scott to complain about the handling of criminal cases, his office replied that he couldn’t intervene because the state attorney is an elected official.
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