A HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE Monday approved by a 7-1 vote to a bill that would change state law to give judges the authority to implement the death penalty if a jury doesn’t reach a unanimous verdict.
House Bill 185 would end a rule demanding unanimous juries for death sentence, instead allowing judges to sentence someone to death if a jury submits a vote of 11-1, 10-2 or 9-3 in favor of the death penalty.
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