Bolstering a state law requiring unanimous jury recommendations in death penalty cases, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal by Attorney General Pam Bondi on the issue.
The court’s decision to deny what is known as a “writ of certiorari” essentially cements a state law enacted this year in response to a seminal Florida Supreme Court decision in a case involving convicted murderer Timothy Lee Hurst.
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